Skagerrak
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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When she set off on a mysterious mission, chasing a dodgy Norwegian captain along the treacherous shores of the Skagerrak, she took her baby with her.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 5, 2015
The sh-sh shtuttering on the first word lasts about 30 seconds and sounds like the hushed Skagerrak tide on the turn, on pebbles.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 21, 2012
On November 24th, when Princess Mette-Marit of Norway pressed the red button, pumps started to hum, pressing freshwater from a river and saltwater from the nearby Skagerrak through an array of white steel cylinders.
From Economist ● Dec. 3, 2009
If the Allies succeed in pushing back the German Army in Norway and disrupting its communications across the Skagerrak, Germany will have urgent military need to send supplies and support through Sweden.
From Time Magazine Archive
Towards evening the schooner doubled Cape Skagen, the northernmost part of Denmark, crossed the Skagerrak during the night—skirted the extreme point of Norway through the gut of Cape Lindesnes, and then reached the Northern Seas.
From A Journey to the Centre of the Earth by Verne, Jules
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