Yosemite

[ yoh-sem-i-tee ]

noun

1. a valley in E California, in the Sierra Nevada Mountains: a part of Yosemite National Park. 7 miles (11 km) long.

Example Sentences

He was helping protect the Yosemite Valley while he was sprucing up the hills of middle Manhattan.

From The Daily Beast

The paper also listed NASA and 97 percent of its employees at home, and Yosemite, closed for the celebration of its 123 birthday.

From The Daily Beast

Campers in glorious Yosemite have been given 48 hours to get out.

From The Daily Beast

The Upper Yosemite Falls, the tallest waterfall in North America, is not to be missed.

From The Daily Beast

Take the Lower Yosemite Falls trail from the Valley and enjoy the 7.6 miles of wilderness.

From The Daily Beast

Even during our weeks of camping in the Yosemite, he would spend two hours on his morning toilet in the privacy of his tent.

From Project Gutenberg

The wonders of the Yosemite and Calaveras were as yet unrecorded.

From Project Gutenberg

The sublime beauty of the Yosemite touched me with wonder and awe, but when I heard the robins note it touched my heart.

From Project Gutenberg

Only the eagles' nests upon the fierce dizzy pinnacles in the Yosemite surpass the home of the fish-hawk in unawed boldness.

From Project Gutenberg

The aery of the Yosemite eagle is the most sublimely defiant of things built by bird, or beast, or man.

From Project Gutenberg