West Riding
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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Her love of landscape came from drives around West Riding with her father in the course of his work as county surveyor.
From BBC • Jun. 22, 2015
One offence was allegedly committed in Barnsley and then West Riding in the mid-1950s.
From BBC • Nov. 7, 2014
They acted as a leaven, just as a colony of typical West Riding folk would act as a leaven in Munich or Moscow.
From The Guardian • Jun. 25, 2010
The very first of the "endless cities" to emerge were Greater London, Greater Manchester, the Black Country, the West Riding, Tyneside, and in Scotland, Glasgow.
From The Guardian • Mar. 24, 2010
West Riding, scarcely five miles from the Royal City, was known far and wide as the staging ground for the Royal Hunt — and hunting season had already begun.
From "Ash" by Malinda Lo
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