firth

Example Sentences

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The surrounding area was used for training troops during the war, and the firth was defended during World War Two.

From BBC • Feb. 1, 2023

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

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

From BusinessWeek • Jul. 5, 2011

Elsewhere at Telluride, director Weir will be given a Silver medallion award for his contribution to film, as will British actor Colin firth and Italy's Claudia Cardinale.

From Reuters • Sep. 2, 2010

White Harbor’s walls of whitewashed stone rose before them, on the eastern shore where the White Knife plunged into die firth.

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