byroad
Example Sentences
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None of your gang saw him; but, as you can imagine, he was mightily surprised to see a mail-coach and team come jolting and floundering down that byroad.
From Highway Pirates or, The Secret Place at Coverthorne by Harold Avery
Bert drifted after them like a ghost, never letting them get more than half a mile a head, for fear that they might turn into some byroad and give him the slip.
From Bert Wilson in the Rockies by J. W. Duffield
Without further parley I left him, and set off along the byroad, scarce giving a glance to the poor dog limping painfully towards the inn.
From Humphrey Bold A Story of the Times of Benbow by Herbert Strang
On a quiet byroad near headquarters town, where all the staff business of General Headquarters was conducted, a wisp of a flag hung at the entrance to the grounds of a small modern chateau.
From My Second Year of the War by Frederick Palmer
That will put us far enough ahead to be able to take any byroad, and throw them off our traces.
From Saint Bartholomew's Eve A Tale of the Huguenot WarS by G. A. (George Alfred) Henty