Example Sentences

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He had to pass along a short home-made road, and over a low parapetless bridge constructed simply of four tree-trunks laid parallel and covered with turf.

From The Lilac Sunbonnet by Crockett, S. R. (Samuel Rutherford)

Crowds were on the parapetless, unsafe embankment; the bay was covered with boats.

From Our Journey to the Hebrides by Pennell, Elizabeth Robins