byway
Example Sentences
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In her waking hours — treading a muddy village byway, casting an eye across a desolate field — hope pulses in her like a beating heart: that she might somehow find him.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 24, 2024
The incident happened at about 20:40 BST on the byway heading to Whaddon Lane near the rugby club.
From BBC • Aug. 16, 2023
But the road up until Deer Creek is still reachable from Seattle, weather permitting, as is the northern half of the scenic byway that stretches south from Darrington.
From Seattle Times • Jan. 6, 2023
The Skyway, a central north-south byway was closed, and lights were off inside the ornate City Hall building and local courthouses.
From New York Times • Nov. 18, 2022
The road that led from Norwich to Hanover was once a leafy, gently sinuous two-lane affair—the sort of tranquil, alluring byway you would hope to find connecting two old New England towns a mile apart.
From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson
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