abutted
Example Sentences
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The Van Ruijvens’ home in the 1660s and ’70s, a canalside house named the Golden Eagle, abutted a clandestine Remonstrant church and doubled as a Collegiant meetinghouse.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026
Some of their farms even abutted the graveyard.
From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2023
Here in this tiny mountain community dotted with apple orchards east of Yucaipa, a flood had gutted a clapboard house that abutted a creek.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2023
The library, which abutted the street, violated that policy.
From Washington Times ● Jul. 20, 2023
The city was growing in all available directions, and where it abutted the lake, it grew skyward, sharply increasing the value of land within the Loop.
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
