off-lying
Example Sentences
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The fine headland of Pentire reaches beyond, with its off-lying islet of Newland.
From The Cornwall Coast by Salmon, Arthur L. (Arthur Leslie)
This portion of the shore is very rocky in places, and numerous points of off-lying reefs project from the water.
From In the Andamans and Nicobars The Narrative of a Cruise in the Schooner "Terrapin" by Kloss, C. Boden
This western land appears to be limestone, and without off-lying islands.
From In the Arctic Seas A Narrative of the Discovery of the Fate of Sir John Franklin and his Companions by McClintock, Francis Leopold
The off-lying sea, we also found, was shallow.
From My Attainment of the Pole by Cook, Frederick A.
England to the south in America had just the ragged coast line, with its off-lying islands and islets, liked by all this gentry, whether smuggler or pirate outright.
From Pioneers of the Old South: a chronicle of English colonial beginnings by Johnston, Mary
