bight

Example Sentences

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Even with a young team, the Anteaters advanced to the Big West Tournament final, so the future should be bight.

From Washington Times • Mar. 11, 2018

Fitzpatrick said the venture in the bight either wasn’t competitive or didn’t align with the company’s “strategic goals”.

From The Guardian • Oct. 10, 2016

The shallow bight, more than a mile wide in places, runs east to west and cuts Andros roughly in half.

From Washington Post • Oct. 14, 2015

The boardwalk weaves along the bight from the ferry terminal on Grinnell to the end of Front Street.

From New York Times • Apr. 29, 2015

As she left Camp Four at the front of Fischer’s group, Lopsang abruptly pulled her aside and girth-hitched a bight of rope to the front of her climbing harness.

From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer