Savoy Alps
Americanplural noun
plural noun
Example Sentences
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Skiing France's Savoy Alps might sound glamorous, but-the amazing off-piste terrain notwithstanding-its resorts are far from the intimate Savoyard villages of our imaginations.
From Time Magazine Archive
The summer holiday was spent in a new haunt among the Savoy Alps, and Browning missed the familiar stimulus of the sea-air.
From Robert Browning by Herford, C. H. (Charles Harold)
The Savoy Alps formed a deep blue rampart, and the serrated battlements of the Dent du Midi, full in the blaze of sunset, blocked the Rhone Valley far away with its formidable barricade.
From The Wave An Egyptian Aftermath by Blackwood, Algernon
Not a cloud was in the arching heavens, not a ripple on the blue surface of the lake, which mirrored forth the hoary crowns of the Savoy Alps as though they were cut in steel.
From Fordham's Feud by Mitford, Bertram
The sunset glow fell redly on the purple heads of the Savoy Alps, and the thick, heavy perfume of narcissus came floating in, triumphing over the savoury odours of fleshpots.
From Fordham's Feud by Mitford, Bertram
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