1
Scotland
: lake
2
Scotland
: a bay or arm of the sea especially when nearly landlocked
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Examples of loch in a Sentence
in his biography of Samuel Johnson, James Boswell tells of being conducted by a Scottish boatman “across one of the lochs, as they call them, or arms of the sea”
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Wading into an icy loch for a brisk swim and burst of adrenaline.
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Catherine Garcia, theweek, 31 Oct. 2024
The film features local fisherman, Mylo, who claims to have been attacked by the creature, and who runs a Loch Ness Monster tourist show on the banks of the loch.
—Leo Barraclough, Variety, 22 Oct. 2024
Guests then hop over to Edinburgh, Scotland, for seven nights on board the Belmond Royal Scotsman, weaving their way by scenic lochs and rocky peaks on a roundtrip journey through the Highlands.
—Jessica Puckett, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 Nov. 2023
Landry Jones plunges into the role like a sweaty man plunging into a cool loch, offering himself up to all the mud and tree-eating Tsingari can throw at him, while embracing the dialect so fervently that his voiceover has to be subtitled.
—Stephanie Bunbury, Deadline, 3 Sep. 2024
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Catherine Garcia, theweek, 31 Oct. 2024
The film features local fisherman, Mylo, who claims to have been attacked by the creature, and who runs a Loch Ness Monster tourist show on the banks of the loch.
—Leo Barraclough, Variety, 22 Oct. 2024
Guests then hop over to Edinburgh, Scotland, for seven nights on board the Belmond Royal Scotsman, weaving their way by scenic lochs and rocky peaks on a roundtrip journey through the Highlands.
—Jessica Puckett, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 Nov. 2023
Landry Jones plunges into the role like a sweaty man plunging into a cool loch, offering himself up to all the mud and tree-eating Tsingari can throw at him, while embracing the dialect so fervently that his voiceover has to be subtitled.
—Stephanie Bunbury, Deadline, 3 Sep. 2024
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“Loch.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/loch. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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