by-street
Example Sentences
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The prison was in a by-street of shabby houses.
From The Benefactress by Elizabeth
He turned aside from the many inviting policemen in the main road, where the contemptuous glances of wayfarers might presume his rusticity, and tried to find a policeman in a secluded by-street.
From Poor Relations by MacKenzie, Compton
"This way," whispered Lyon Berners to his wife, as he turned into a by-street.
From Tried for Her Life A Sequel to "Cruel As the Grave" by Southworth, Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte
He betook himself, together with his charge, to a certain small, old-fashioned hotel in a by-street, where he was in the habit of staying whenever his ship was lying in Portsmouth Harbour.
From Submarine U93 by Gilson, Charles
She could, and did, imagine a sublimated “dwelling in amity” on the little by-street in Tillbury.
From Nan Sherwood at Lakeview Hall Or the Mystery of the Haunted Boathouse by Carr, Annie Roe
