Ushant
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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The Ilfracombe man was swept into the sea off Ushant, north-west France, on Thursday afternoon.
From BBC • May 24, 2013
Approaching Brest at night, the Atlantic traveler gets his first winking, warning sign of his destination from the lighthouse of He d'Ouessant, better known as Ushant.
From Time Magazine Archive
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Poet Conrad Aiken has never seen Ushant, but he has thought & thought about it.
From Time Magazine Archive
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For much of Ushant is cryptic self-psychoanalysis, and is to be fully understood, perhaps, only by Aiken himself.
From Time Magazine Archive
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We swung round Ushant and became more aware of the ups and downs of navigation; these were less noticeable as we ran on.
From The Bonadventure A Random Journal of an Atlantic Holiday by Blunden, Edmund
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