firth

Example Sentences

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On the distant horizon was a cluster of faint street lights, a small town hunkered on the far side of the firth.

From The New Yorker • Jan. 6, 2020

In 1964, the famous rail crossing was joined on the firth by the Forth Road Bridge.

From BBC • Jul. 4, 2015

After a slow start County went on to dominate with Ivan Sproule scoring his firth goal in as many starts to give County the lead 11 minutes from the break.

From The Guardian • Feb. 23, 2013

The firth is a 20-mile- long, eight-mile-wide strip of water dividing the islands with the mainland.

From BusinessWeek • Jul. 5, 2011

Its firth had remained free of ice even in the depths of winter for centuries.

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin