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
It was my last night on sea-girt Nantucket.
From Nooks and Corners of the New England Coast by Drake, Samuel Adams
Safe-guarded dwellers in your sea-girt eyrie How fares the fight?
From Rebel Verses by Gilbert, Bernard
The woman, with her husband and father, were the sole inhabitants of the hut, and of this lone, sea-girt island.
From Olive Leaves Or, Sketches of Character by Sigourney, L. H. (Lydia Howard)
From its name this apple would appear, like the Peck's Pleasant, to have come from the sea-girt State.
From American Pomology Apples by Warder, J. A.
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