fastness

Example Sentences

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Three years ago he had gone to Orgny Fastness and he wore now the gold chain of a Celibate of the Foretellers.

From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin

“See the Fastness up there?” said the driver.

From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin

This Herbor came in the month of Grende to Thangering Fastness and said to the Weaver, “I seek a Foretelling.”

From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin

An admirable outcome, were this world one Fastness of the Handdara, but alas we must walk forward troubling the new snow, proving and disproving, asking and answering.

From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin

Soon after this Therem left his Domain, saying that he wished to indwell at Rotherer Fastness for a time, and he did not return to Stok until a year had passed.

From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin