Pennines

/ (ˈpɛnaɪnz) /

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a system of hills in England, extending from the Cheviot Hills in the north to the River Trent in the south: forms the watershed for the main rivers of N England. Highest peak: Cross Fell, 893 m (2930 ft)Also called: the Pennine Chain

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Words nearby Pennines

pennies from heaven, penniless, pennillion, Pennine Alps, Pennine Chain, Pennines, Pennine Way, penning, penning gate, penninite, pennon

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How to use Pennines in a sentence

Since leaving the Pennines we had seen no such glacier scenery.
Italian Alps|Douglas William Freshfield
For miles there was a succession of hills and valleys, until the vista was terminated by the frowning Pennines.
Billy Barcroft, R.N.A.S.|Percy F. Westerman
Danish Northumbria or Deira comprised the lands to the west of the Pennines.
The Danes in Lancashire and Yorkshire|S. W. Partington
Glacial deposits obscure the older rocks over much of the county, they contain travelled stones from the Pennines and Cheviots.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 8|Various

North-country folk are musical, and this district of the Pennines had produced many voices that passed on to cathedral choirs.
A harum-scarum schoolgirl|Angela Brazil