narrow seas
Britishplural noun
Example Sentences
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The first colonists would thus have needed boats to cross some narrow seas in order to settle this land.
From Economist • Jan. 17, 2013
It looks now as if the battle were to be fought on the narrow seas that separate Britain from the Continent.
From Time Magazine Archive
He claimed, also, the right of England to the sovereignty of the narrow seas, asserting that from time immemorial it had been undisputed.
From How Britannia Came to Rule the Waves Updated to 1900 by Kingston, William Henry Giles
The charts don't tell you very much about those narrow seas.
From Thrice Armed by Bindloss, Harold
The occupation of a French fortress by a foreign power was a perpetual insult to the national pride; it was a memorial of evil times; while it gave England inconvenient authority in the "narrow seas."
From The Reign of Mary Tudor by Rhys, Ernest
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