Rhine

Example Sentences

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When Augustine died in 430, the Vandals, a barbarian people who had crossed the Rhine decades earlier and already fought their way through Gaul and Iberia, had reached the gates of Hippo.

From The Wall Street Journal

The pipe that will supply the heat pump, drawing water from the River Rhine in Germany, is so big that you could walk through it, fully upright, I'm told.

From BBC

Don’t expect a new Silicon Valley to pop up on the Rhine, the Seine or the Thames any time soon.

From The Wall Street Journal

During this period, the Thames was still connected to the Rhine - Germany's longest river - which today empties into the North Sea.

From BBC

The country is essentially a large delta crossed by three major rivers, the Rhine, Schelde, and Maas, that flow into the unpredictable North Sea.

From Barron's