Examples of firth in a Sentence
the Firth of Forth in Scotland
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The school also placed firth in overall math growth at 89.70% and third overall in English/language arts growth at 86.60%.
EStem Junior High School in East Village's math scores grew at a rate of 84.71%, ranking fourth among central Arkansas middle schools.
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Lena Miano, arkansasonline.com, 2 Mar. 2025
For their firth album, McCaughey and Buck went to Chicago and recorded with Wilco as their backing ensemble.
—Al Shipley, SPIN, 22 June 2024
On the distant horizon was a cluster of faint street lights, a small town hunkered on the far side of the firth.
—Douglas Stuart, The New Yorker, 6 Jan. 2020
Wide views across the Solway firth to Scotland provide a handy distraction.
—The Economist, 4 Dec. 2019
Gray and harbor seals are a common sight in this firth, or estuary, where several major rivers meet the North Sea.
—National Geographic, 16 Feb. 2017
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Lena Miano, arkansasonline.com, 2 Mar. 2025
For their firth album, McCaughey and Buck went to Chicago and recorded with Wilco as their backing ensemble.
—Al Shipley, SPIN, 22 June 2024
On the distant horizon was a cluster of faint street lights, a small town hunkered on the far side of the firth.
—Douglas Stuart, The New Yorker, 6 Jan. 2020
Wide views across the Solway firth to Scotland provide a handy distraction.
—The Economist, 4 Dec. 2019
Gray and harbor seals are a common sight in this firth, or estuary, where several major rivers meet the North Sea.
—National Geographic, 16 Feb. 2017
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“Firth.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/firth. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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firth
noun
: a narrow arm of the sea
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