western

Example Sentences

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The waves made it impossible to swim in a straight line, and the western shore of the lake was in a different region of Ghana!

From Literature

Once out of the prairie in western Minnesota, the scenery got more conventional, with more towns, as well as larger cities.

From Los Angeles Times

A 13-year-old boy recounts how he swam for hours through choppy waters off western Australia to get help for his family.

From Barron's

"However, it is also the case that there are too many people in our prisons and like the rest of the UK we remain an outlier amongst western nations in this regard."

From BBC

And to the left of that shore is the Wai‘anae Mountains. The final rays of western light outline Mount Ka‘ala.

From Literature