welkin
Example Sentences
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And anywhere would be a welkin, let Brittany Griner tell it.
From Los Angeles Times • May 20, 2023
Charles Wesley wrote a hymn that began “Hark how all the welkin rings/Glory to the king of kings”.
From The Guardian • Dec. 21, 2016
Just for variety, he poured syrup all over Robin Walker, the son of the former Cabinet minister Peter Walker, by praising his dad to the very welkin.
From The Guardian • Jun. 30, 2010
Emperor Haile Selassie knew they could be counted on to make the world's welkin ring in his favor.
From Time Magazine Archive
Until that moment I never quite knew the meaning of the phrase “to make the welkin ring.”
From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
