byroad

Example Sentences

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Her donkey, still attached to the little gaily painted market cart, had wandered on up the sandy lane, feeding at random along the fern-bordered thickets which walled in the Nivelle byroad on either side.

From Barbarians by Chambers, Robert W. (Robert William)

The lads chose the valley bottom for their journey and avoided the highway which swung to the left and made a wide detour before the byroad that approached Haystack Mountain joined it.

From The Boy Scout Fire Fighters by Crump, Irving

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 Palmer, Frederick

About half a mile farther, where a byroad turned off towards Fairfield, the riders came upon a remarkable group in high debate over a donkey—Lady Latimer, Gampling the tinker, and the rural policeman.

From The Vicissitudes of Bessie Fairfax by Lee, Holme, [pseud.]

She heard the pleasant rustle of quick steps in the fallen leaves that carpeted the byroad.

From The Conflict by Phillips, David Graham