byroad

Example Sentences

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The Signal Section went astray and remained silently on a byroad while their officer reconnoitred.

From Adventures of a Despatch Rider by Watson, William Henry Lowe

The route of the column was by a byroad, between Doue and Montreuil.

From No Surrender! A Tale of the Rising in La Vendee by Wood, Stanley L.

It was a mere byroad, and as once out of the main road they were for the present safe from pursuit, they now suffered the horses to break into a walk.

From The Cornet of Horse A Tale of Marlborough's Wars by Henty, G. A. (George Alfred)

It cleared the suburbs, and, striking into a byroad that traversed the chapparal, arrived at a lone rancho, the same where Rosita had been taken before—for it was Josefa who again carried her away.

From The White Chief A Legend of Northern Mexico by Evans, L.

At length we turned aside into a byroad leading up a steep hill, slippery with mud, and left this pleasant valley.

From The Continental Monthly, Vol. 4, No. 4, October, 1863 Devoted to Literature and National Policy by Various