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Amesbury

[ eymz-ber-ee, -buh-ree ]

/ ˈeɪmzˌbɛr i, -bə ri /

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noun

a town in NE Massachusetts.

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showing self-respect

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How to use Amesbury in a sentence

We went over a rather lonely and uninteresting road by the way of Amesbury, which is two miles from Stonehenge.
British Highways And Byways From A Motor Car|Thomas D. Murphy
In one respect it was more fortunate than the neighbouring nunneries at Shaftesbury, Wilton, and Amesbury.
Bell's Cathedrals: A Short Account of Romsey Abbey|Thomas Perkins
His horse trotted back towards Amesbury, Stephen had twisted him out of the saddle.
The Longest Journey|E. M. Forster
First, was there not some village near Stonehenge where you stayed the night, nearer to Stonehenge than Amesbury?
George Eliot's Life, Vol. III (of 3)|George Eliot

Borrow states in Lavengro that “a young moon gave a feeble light” as he mounted the coach that was to take him to Amesbury.
The Life of George Borrow|Herbert Jenkins