Holston

[ hohl-stuhn ]

noun

1. a river in E Tennessee, flowing SW to join the French Broad River and form the Tennessee River in Knoxville. 115 miles (185 km) long.

Example Sentences

“Employers are definitely feeling the competition for talent and they feel like they have to be a lot more flexible with their workforce than they used to be in order to compete,” Holston said.

From Washington Post

Could the people of the Clinch and Holston have felt the same confidence, they would have spared themselves much nagging.

From Project Gutenberg

Saltville is located at the head of a valley near the base of the Clinch Mountains, and about one mile from the Holston river.

From Project Gutenberg

We reached Loudon about midnight and bivouacked in a large meadow on the south side of the Holston River.

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A railroad train that had been captured was run off a wrecked railroad bridge into the Holston River.

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We were due at Holston at eight o'clock, but owing to a crippled engine the train was hours late.

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