Gravesend
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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Three ships—the Bona Speranza, the Edward Bonaventure, and the Bona Confidentia—set out from Gravesend, England seeking “discoverie of new trades northe warde” in Russia.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 18, 2026
Merseyside Police said the 37-year-old, from Gravesend in Kent, had been charged with disrupting a person engaged in a lawful activity.
From BBC ● Nov. 2, 2025
This week, it was announced that the Treasury would give £590m to the Lower Thames Crossing - a new tunnel under the estuary - which would link Tilbury in Essex and Gravesend in Kent.
From BBC ● Jun. 17, 2025
They are expected to be dug east of Gravesend in Kent and to the west of East Tilbury in Essex.
From BBC ● Mar. 28, 2025
“But there was a ghost in Gravesend, an old classmate, hit by a car, buried without his foot and really mad about it. He kept messing with the streetlights....”
From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny
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