off-lying
Example Sentences
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The only other alternative, besides the water, was to make a long detour through the off-lying fields, with loss of time.
From The Rival Campers Ashore The Mystery of the Mill by Smith, Ruel Perley
The cove is encircled by a group of off-lying rocks, insular at high tide; it is only at low water that Kynance can be explored.
From The Cornwall Coast by Salmon, Arthur L. (Arthur Leslie)
The shore is not only broken into rough headlands, but has a number of off-lying islets.
From The Cornwall Coast by Salmon, Arthur L. (Arthur Leslie)
There are four off-lying rocks, the farthest out being over three miles from the cape, upon which the sea is almost always breaking.
From Official Report of the Exploration of the Queen Charlotte Islands for the Government of British Columbia by Chittenden, Newton H. (Newton Henry)
The fine headland of Pentire reaches beyond, with its off-lying islet of Newland.
From The Cornwall Coast by Salmon, Arthur L. (Arthur Leslie)
