Cumberland
['kʌmbələnd]
Definition
(noun.) a river that rises in southeastern Kentucky and flows westward through northern Tennessee to become a tributary of the Ohio River in southwestern Kentucky.
(noun.) English general; son of George II; fought unsuccessfully in the battle of Fontenoy (1721-1765).
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Examples
- His right extended to the back-water up the ravine opening into the Cumberland south of the village. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Not knowing what else to do with my girl while I was nursing in Cumberland, I put her to school at Limmeridge. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- I heard it mentioned by some Cumberland people a few days since. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Smith, embracing the mouths of the Tennessee and Cumberland rivers, had been added to my jurisdiction. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Dozens of photographs of this sort, and all inscribed in this manner, were completed before I left Cumberland, and hundreds more remain to be done. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- But I was afraid that the enemy would find means of moving, elude Thomas and manage to get north of the Cumberland River. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Unless we could persuade her that Marian had gone on to Cumberland first, there was no chance of removing her, of her own free will, from the house. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- In a short time it was well fortified and a detachment was sent to occupy Smithland, at the mouth of the Cumberland. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Don't you remember my telling you, when we last met, that I was going to Cumberland? Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- From Derby still journeying northward, we passed two months in Cumberland and Westmoreland. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- After burning Chambersburg McCausland retreated, pursued by our cavalry, towards Cumberland. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- You muSt. You can't take the whole journey to Cumberland in one day. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- My district only embraced West Tennessee and Kentucky west of the Cumberland River. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- The position occupied by the Army of the Cumberland had been made very strong for defence during the months it had been besieged. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- His animals, too, had been starved, and their carcasses lined the road from Cumberland Gap, and far back towards Lexington, Ky. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
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