WESTERN in a Sentence

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61 example sentences for WESTERN, such as:

1. The sun lit up the western flank of the hill.
2. It is all in a light flame on the western side.
3. The road skirts the western edge of the forest.
4. A fence divides off the western side of the grounds.
5. The Rockies are a mountain chain/range in the western USA.

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 Meanings and Examples of WESTERN
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western
 n.  situated in the west, or directed toward or facing the west
Classic Sentence: (21 in 2 pages)
1  Across its frozen surface, from the farther bank, a single hill rising against the western sun threw the long conical shadow which gave the lake its name.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In IX
2  His three whales are as good whales as were ever published in Wapping, at any rate; and his stump as unquestionable a stump as any you will find in the western clearings.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 57. Of Whales in Paint; in Teeth; in Wood; in She...
3  There, along the western sky-line it skirted a great cornfield, much larger than any field I had ever seen.
My Antonia By Willa Cather
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1. The Shimerdas: II
4  It was very pleasant to stay there under the orange trees, while the sun dipped lower and lower, turning the western sky to flaming copper and gold.
The Awakening By Kate Chopin
Context  Highlight   In XIII
5  Directly on the shore of the lake, and nearer to its western than to its eastern margin, lay the extensive earthen ramparts and low buildings of William Henry.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 14
6  But the spectacle which most concerned the young soldier was on the western bank of the lake, though quite near to its southern termination.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 14
7  Then they resumed their route, and, favored by the darkness, pushed silently and vigorously toward the western shore.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 20
8  Magua had waited on the mountain until a safe moment to retire presented itself, when he had descended, and taken the route along the western side of the Horican in direction of the Canadas.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 22
9  One cloud lay along the western sky partly smothering the red.
The Red Badge of Courage By Stephen Crane
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 12
10  The crescent moon, set like a silver signet in the western sky, delayed a little the approach of night.
Uncle Tom's Cabin By Harriet Beecher Stowe
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXIX
11  From the shores of the Mississippi to the western slopes of the Rocky Mountains they had struggled on with a constancy almost unparalleled in history.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART II: CHAPTER II. THE FLOWER OF UTAH
12  Sweet and low; sweet and low, wind of the western sea.
Between the Acts By Virginia Woolf
Context  Highlight   In Unit 11
13  Opposite to this royal gallery was another, elevated to the same height, on the western side of the lists; and more gaily, if less sumptuously decorated, than that destined for the Prince himself.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VII
14  It is all in a light flame on the western side.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXI
15  I lighted the dry branch of a tree and danced with fury around the devoted cottage, my eyes still fixed on the western horizon, the edge of which the moon nearly touched.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 16
Example Sentence: (40 in 3 pages)
16  From Sunday to Tuesday, it will be cloudy with occasional drizzle in western and northwestern areas, especially around coasts and hills.
17  The company's sales are now close to saturation in many western countries.
18  Thicker cloud with occasional rain or drizzle will spread into some western areas during the night.
19  This western restaurant is superior to the one we went to last week.
20  The Rockies are a mountain chain/range in the western USA.
21  The road skirts the western edge of the forest.
22  They have always looked askance at the western notion of democracy.
23  The book discusses the impact of Christian thinking on western society.
24  The map shows the rest of the western region, encompassing nine states.
25  People in western countries sometimes went to the party in fancy dress.
26  He decided to do something about reforesting man-made wastes of western Australia.
27  Most western European nations are signatories to/of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.
28  The sun lit up the western flank of the hill.
29  In western countries the baby is usually christened by the priest.
30  A fence divides off the western side of the grounds.