firth

Example Sentences

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He said he would have expected to have been told in advance about steps to accommodate the ship in the firth.

From BBC • Jan. 26, 2026

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

He could see the harbor too, and had watched Merry Midwife make her way down the firth.

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin