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
Persons who have only witnessed a storm in narrow seas, or near the coast, would be surprised to realize the difference in the waves on the broad Pacific.
From Due West or Round the World in Ten Months by Ballou, Maturin Murray
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
One of its exploits was to compel the Dutch to pay a large sum for the privilege of fishing in the narrow seas about Great Britain.
From Charles I Makers of History by Abbott, Jacob
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