byroad

Example Sentences

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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

The National Route ran through Crépy, and the byroad through his native Villers-Cotterets.

From Dumas' Paris by Mansfield, M. F. (Milburg Francisco)

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

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

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 Strang, Herbert