sea-girt
Britishadjective
Example Sentences
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Eurymakhos, Polybos’ son, replied: “Telemakhos, it is on the gods’ great knees who will be king in sea-girt Ithaka.
From "The Odyssey" by Homer
Of course they didn’t miss looking in at Saint Helena, which he designates a paradise in mid-ocean, and not a lonely sea-girt rock, as old books call it.
From Wild Adventures round the Pole The Cruise of the "Snowbird" Crew in the "Arrandoon" by Stables, Gordon
And what a picture of cheerless desolation was this sea-girt island when Winn neared it!
From Rockhaven by Munn, Charles Clark
Safe-guarded dwellers in your sea-girt eyrie How fares the fight?
From Rebel Verses by Gilbert, Bernard
God bless our Southern land, God save our sea-girt land, And make us free; With justice for our shield, May we on battle field Never to foemen yield Our liberty.
From Southern War Songs Camp-Fire, Patriotic and Sentimental by Various
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