Tennessee River

Cultural  

1. River formed by the confluence of two other rivers near Knoxville, Tennessee; it follows a U-shaped course to enter the Ohio River in western Kentucky.

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Example Sentences

Classic Texas songs like Halo, Say What You Want and I Don't Want A Lover are purified in the swampy waters of the Tennessee River, and reborn with a spacious, soulful clarity.

From BBC • Mar. 26, 2024

A Bald Eagle disappeared into the trees on the far bank of the Tennessee River just as the two researchers at the bow of our modest motorboat began hauling in the trawl net.

From Scientific American • Oct. 20, 2023

Dr. Hopkins and his colleagues set up hundreds of underwater nest boxes in three rivers dotted across the upper Tennessee River Basin of southwestern Virginia.

From New York Times • Apr. 20, 2023

Forecasters said the storm system would continue its eastward march Friday, bringing the threat of severe weather into the Ohio and Tennessee River valleys.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 2, 2023

At the lake’s western end, where the Little Tennessee River flows into it, stands a big hydroelectric dam, 480 feet high, built by the Tennessee Valley Authority in the 1930s.

From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson