Synonyms for by-streets


Grammar : Noun
Spell : bahy-street
Phonetic Transcription : ˈbaɪˌstrit


Définition of by-streets

  • As in side street : noun small street
Example sentences :
  • Esplanade, sands, and by-streets were swarming with passers to and fro.
  • Extract from : « Amos Huntingdon » by T.P. Wilson
  • He went with her, as she rapidly threaded her way through the by-streets.
  • Extract from : « Ruth » by Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell
  • For who that walks through the by-streets of any great city does not see?
  • Extract from : « Health and Education » by Charles Kingsley
  • Instead, however, of proceeding down the High Street, Iffley led the way down one of the by-streets to the right.
  • Extract from : « Will Weatherhelm » by W.H.G. Kingston
  • Just as we got into the Bowery Lane, a horseman was seen walking out of one of the by-streets, and coming our way.
  • Extract from : « Satanstoe » by James Fenimore Cooper
  • In the by-streets I frequently found wooden barracks ready to fall.
  • Extract from : « Visit to Iceland » by Ida Pfeiffer
  • They came from all the by-streets, running in breathless haste, shouting and hallooing and dancing with delight.
  • Extract from : « The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 92, June, 1865 » by Various
  • Gerard and the friar now came down, and threading some by-streets reached the portico of one of the seven churches.
  • Extract from : « The Cloister and the Hearth » by Charles Reade
  • They came from all the by-streets, running in breathless haste, shouting and hallooing, and dancing with delight.
  • Extract from : « Speeches and Letters of Abraham Lincoln, 1832-1865 » by Abraham Lincoln
  • Person after person warned us of the danger of being unarmed at night, at any rate in the by-streets.
  • Extract from : « Changing China » by William Gascoyne-Cecil

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