champaign

Example Sentences

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I have a roster of great wines that start around $7 or $8 and go to $13 -- my limit, unless it's champaign.

From New York Times • Jan. 12, 2017

The newly engaged couple appeared on Fox 5’s “Good Day DC” Monday morning, where the staff feted them with cake and champaign.

From Washington Times • Nov. 2, 2015

In November came the U.S. invasion of North Africa and a sudden, inordinate drain on Eastern oil stocks; as the North African champaign became more complicated, the drain increased.

From Time Magazine Archive

He turned again to the window; mechanically his eye ranged over the lovely landscape, the far-stretching champaign of the park—one of the largest in the county, the winding river, the blue hills, the distant sea.

From Nevermore by Bolderwood, Rolf

A lovely champaign, in sooth; small wonder that the aesthetic stranger should be smitten with a desire to end his days in so sweet a spot.

From Golden Face A Tale of the Wild West by Mitford, Bertram