rock-bound

Example Sentences

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It was like nothing so much as rolling thunder, very far off, or the half heard beat of the ocean on a distant, rock bound coast.

From The Short Cut by Johnson, Frank Tenney

Behind us was the gloom of the labyrinthine, rock bound prison with the gnashing river within it rushing ever downward, eager to escape.

From The Frontier Boys in the Grand Canyon A Search for Treasure by Roosevelt, Wyn

Then cried Brynhild: Upbraid me no more from thy rock bound dwelling For battles I fought in the days of old.—

From Stories and Ballads of the Far Past Translated from the Norse (Icelandic and Faroese) with Introductions and Notes by Kershaw, Nora

The stars were making little points of light in the rock bound water.

From The Flute of the Gods by Ryan, Marah Ellis

The breaking waves dashed high On a stern and rock bound coast, And the woods against a stormy sky Their giant branches tossed.

From Shakspere, Personal Recollections by Joyce, John A.