Grasmere
Americannoun
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a lake in Westmoreland, in NW England. 1 mile (1.6 km) long.
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a village on this lake: Wordsworth's home 1790–1808.
noun
Example Sentences
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The council said it was continuing to explore solutions for Churchill and Hazlewood and that it was supporting Grasmere Academy, a school not currently maintained by the council.
From BBC ● Mar. 12, 2024
Four sheets, all of which manage to fail miserably for anyone doing a walk centred on where they meet, roughly Grasmere Common.
From The Guardian ● Jan. 8, 2019
During the first two decades of the 19th century, most of them, following Wordsworth, lived in or around the small rural town of Grasmere in England’s Lake District.
From Slate ● Nov. 7, 2016
At the time, Wordsworth was living with his sister Dorothy and his wife Mary in a former inn in Grasmere, which by the time of his death was known as Dove Cottage.
From The New Yorker ● Oct. 10, 2016
Thousands of verses, he said, were composed on the banks of the brook running through Easedale, just north of Grasmere Lake.
From The Lure of the Camera by Olcott, Charles S.
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