RIVER in a Sentence
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143 example sentences for RIVER, such as:
1. The river flowed over the bank.
2. The river looked miles and miles across.
3. The mighty river lay like an ocean at rest.
4. His soldiers were arrayed along the river bank.
5. The river was full but we managed to wade across.
2. The river looked miles and miles across.
3. The mighty river lay like an ocean at rest.
4. His soldiers were arrayed along the river bank.
5. The river was full but we managed to wade across.
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Meanings and Examples of RIVER
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river
n. a large natural stream of water (larger than a creek)
Classic Sentence: (78 in 6 pages)
1 The mighty river lay like an ocean at rest.
2 The raft drew beyond the middle of the river; the boys pointed her head right, and then lay on their oars.
3 The river was not high, so there was not more than a two or three mile current.
4 They moved up the river street three blocks, then turned to the left up a crossstreet.
5 The public were profoundly concerned; they searched high and low, they dragged the river for his body.
6 I like the woods, and the river, and hogsheads, and I'll stick to 'em, too.'
7 So we unhitched a skiff and pulled down the river two mile and a half, to the big scar on the hillside, and went ashore.
8 Well, about this time he was found in the river drownded, about twelve mile above town, so people said.
9 He abused me a little for being so slow; but I told him I fell in the river, and that was what made me so long.
10 The river was coming up pretty fast, and lots of driftwood going by on the rise.
11 I says to myself, they'll follow the track of that sackful of rocks to the shore and then drag the river for me.
12 They won't ever hunt the river for anything but my dead carcass.
13 The river looked miles and miles across.
14 Well, when it come dark I tuck out up de river road, en went 'bout two mile er more to whah dey warn't no houses.'
15 The river went on raising and raising for ten or twelve days, till at last it was over the banks.
Example Sentence: (65 in 5 pages)
1 Tall, luxuriant plants grew along the river bank.
2 The river meandered gently along the valley floor.
3 His soldiers were arrayed along the river bank.
4 Fame like a river is narrowest at its source and broadest afar off.
5 At the mouth of the river is a large area of marsh.
6 Before the enemy's attack he crossed the river and alarmed the unarmed villagers.
7 According to ancient legend, the river is a goddess.
8 In a great river great fish are found; but take heed lest you be drowned.
9 The river was full but we managed to wade across.
10 Taishan let the soil, so it can become bigger and bigger; river is not the small streams, so it can be so deep.
11 The father pulled the child back from the river side.
12 Let us cross over the river and sit in the hade of the trees.
13 With its quicksands the river usually drowns a few unwary visitors every season.
14 The river passes through a rich variety of scenery.
15 The river flowed over the bank.