sea-girt
Britishadjective
Example Sentences
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Eurymakhos, Polybos’ son, replied: “Telemakhos, it is on the gods’ great knees who will be king in sea-girt Ithaka.
From "The Odyssey" by Homer
The nearer ranges stood out in dark purples and blues; behind and above towered the snow-clad heights which, looking down on to the Mediterranean shores, knew of the life and bustle of its sea-girt towns.
From By Desert Ways to Baghdad by Jebb, Louisa
Good is it too, when by the sea-girt isle Of Rhodes you eat it, if it's not imported.
From The Deipnosophists, or Banquet of the Learned of Athen?us by Athen?us
The old security of this sea-girt isle has vanished for ever.
From Stand Up, Ye Dead by Maclean, Norman
There was something defined, accurate, and tangible, as it were, in the sea-girt possession, that suggested to the honest squire's mind the idea of perfect, independent rule.
From Nuts and Nutcrackers by Lever, Charles James
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