by-street
Example Sentences
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I then braced up my nerves, and fortified my heart, and went forth, and proceeded until I entered the by-street, and after I had sat a while upon the maṣṭabah, lo, the lattice opened.
From The Thousand and One Nights, Vol. I. Commonly Called the Arabian Nights' Entertainments by Anonymous
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.
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
I then entered a by-street which I had never entered before.
From The Thousand and One Nights, Vol. I. Commonly Called the Arabian Nights' Entertainments by Anonymous
He was determined to make an excursion down an unsavoury by-street whose nature he recognized.
From I Walked in Arden by Crawford, Jack
