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.
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Example Sentences
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Flood warnings - meaning flooding is expected - are in place for parts of Keswick and Grasmere, White Bridge and Stock Lane where river levels have risen.
From BBC • Oct. 27, 2021
In a late-life assessment of his years in Grasmere, De Quincey offered this sagacious advice: “Put not your trust in the intellectual princes of your age.”
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
Mountains with romantic names such as Cat Bells, Helvellyn and Great Gable loom over small villages such as Grasmere, Hawkshead and Ambleside.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 8, 2016
How she intended treating the subject-matter of their lives, we cannot tell; probably more in their domestic relations to the people of Grasmere vale, than as athletes in the wrestling ring.
From Wrestling and Wrestlers: Biographical Sketches of Celebrated Athletes of the Northern Ring; to Which is Added Notes on Bull and Badger Baiting by Gilpin, Sidney
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