Semmes
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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“Around the horizon there was a subdued glare, or flush, as though there were a distant illumination going on, whilst overhead there was a lurid, dark sky,” Semmes wrote.
From Scientific American ● Jul. 23, 2022
A previous version of this article incorrectly stated in the main photo that Maia Semmes was holding a photo of her aunt.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 16, 2022
Instead of capture, though, Semmes and some of his surviving men were saved by a nearby British ship.
From Salon ● May 14, 2022
The report said the brother was treated at the scene in Semmes, a city in western Mobile County.
From Fox News ● Jan. 18, 2022
But Baricsdale is gone, and Semmes, and half of Hood’s Division .
From "The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War" by Michael Shaara
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