Blue Ridge Mountains
Britishplural noun
Example Sentences
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Set against the distant Blue Ridge Mountains, it depicts a favorite Southern activity—akin to her widely admired maple-sugaring paintings set up north—embellished with details like the tiny rocking horse on her front porch.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 11, 2026
The spot reminded him of his childhood and the Blue Ridge Mountains where he grew up, and vacations at Holden Beach on the shores in North Carolina.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 30, 2025
His father's family was based in Spartanburg, South Carolina, at the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains.
From Salon ● Feb. 20, 2025
The county includes Asheville, a city located in the Blue Ridge Mountains famed for its arts and music scene.
From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2024
It was enough to let him know he was really in the backwoods of Virginia, an area the signs kept telling him was the Blue Ridge Mountains.
From "Song of Solomon" by Toni Morrison
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