by-street

Example Sentences

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Pause in a narrow by-street in a crowd, and it shall be that Borgo Allegri, which the people so baptized for love of the old painter and the new-born art.

From Famous European Artists by Bolton, Sarah K.

My destination was in a by-street in a mean, rickety building.

From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 13 (of 25) by Stevenson, Robert Louis

A turn to the right led through a small entry into a by-street which gave access to one of the main thoroughfares of the city.

From The Sailor by Snaith, J. C.

I got out of the press of carriages, and took a by-street along the Tiber, to the Coliseum.

From Pencillings by the Way Written During Some Years of Residence and Travel in Europe by Willis, N. Parker

So musing, Martin came to a by-street that divided two warehouses.

From Fire Mountain A Thrilling Sea Story by Springer, Norman