Sempach
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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He joked that he covered his eyes at a painting in the Swiss Guard’s headquarters of the 14th-century battles of Morgarten and Sempach, which helped bounce his family out of Switzerland.
From New York Times ● Apr. 27, 2023
And in another Swiss folly, a German truck driver trying to deliver cargo to a factory in the town of Sempach found himself up a tree — literally.
From Salon ● Feb. 19, 2014
The Sempach burghers themselves had ordered the windows removed in 1814 to let more light into their hall.
From Time Magazine Archive
We have, therefore, a real man named Arnold Winkelried living at Stanz, about the time of the battle of Sempach.
From Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 5 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History by Horne, Charles F. (Charles Francis)
"From paying a visit to the Countess von Sempach."
From The King's Mirror by Hope, Anthony
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