firth
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
See Examples For:
The surrounding area was used for training troops during the war, and the firth was defended during World War Two.
From BBC ● Feb. 1, 2023
On the distant horizon was a cluster of faint street lights, a small town hunkered on the far side of the firth.
From The New Yorker ● Jan. 6, 2020
The firth is a 20-mile- long, eight-mile-wide strip of water dividing the islands with the mainland.
From BusinessWeek ● Jul. 5, 2011
Elsewhere at Telluride, director Weir will be given a Silver medallion award for his contribution to film, as will British actor Colin firth and Italy's Claudia Cardinale.
From Reuters ● Sep. 2, 2010
White Harbor’s walls of whitewashed stone rose before them, on the eastern shore where the White Knife plunged into die firth.
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
Knox went to Dun in Forfarshire across the great firths of Forth and Tay, and to Calder, the house of Sir James Sandilands, afterwards Lord Torphichen, in Lothian, where many gathered to hear him.
From Royal Edinburgh Her Saints, Kings, Prophets and Poets by George Reid
Now we would be lurking on the mainland, now skulking on one of the islands or crossing rough firths in crazy boats that leaked like a sieve.
From A Daughter of Raasay A Tale of the '45 by Stuart Travis
Livingstone then continued his journey north-eastward with Oswell to the large village of Linyanti, and shortly after discovered a river so large and mighty that it resembled one of the firths of Scotland.
From From Pole to Pole A Book for Young People by Sven Anders Hedin
The territorial designation of Albany was formerly given to those parts of Scotland to the north of the firths of Clyde and Forth.
From The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 by Project Gutenberg
From thence they sailed along the eastern coast of the land, into the nearest firths, to a promontory which there projected, and which was everywhere overgrown with wood.
From The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 05 (From Charlemagne to Frederick Barbarossa) by Charles F. (Charles Francis) Horne
Random Word
Spin the wheel and learn a new word!
Get a word