French Broad
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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In the aftermath, buildings, railroad cars, and trees lining the French Broad River in the town’s center were completely turned upside down.
From Salon ● Jan. 28, 2025
The Asheville Citizen-Times reports Charlie Chang said his feet were on the backpack he plucked from the French Broad River and placed in his kayak Saturday.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 1, 2018
She was still in her sleeping bag near the banks of the French Broad River.
From Washington Times ● May 1, 2017
When we flew over Asheville, set squarely in the middle of the French Broad River Valley, I could see just a few tall buildings, most dating to the 1920s, sprout from the compact downtown.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2015
You farmers of the hills of Georgia, from the mountains of the Carolinas and Tennessee, aye, from the North Cumberland valley, from the French Broad River, even from that great blue grass country of Kentucky.
From The Rise of Cotton Mills in the South by Mitchell, Broadus
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