Newport
['nju:pɔ:t]
Definition
(noun.) a port city in southeastern Wales.
(noun.) a resort city in southeastern Rhode Island; known for the summer homes of millionaires; important yachting center.
Checker: Ronnie--From WordNet
Examples
- Symptoms of a lumbering coquetry became visible in her, and Archer found the strength to break in: But Madame Olenska--has she gone to Newport too? Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- It was Newport that had first brought home to him the extent of the change. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- You know, I suppose, that she has declined all invitations to stay at Newport, even with her grandmother Mingott? Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- The fact is, they want to try Newport this summer, and if I can make it a success for them they--well, they'll make it a success for me. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- In summer, when he joined them for a Sunday at Newport or Southampton, he was even more effaced and silent than in winter. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- The sloop putting in at Newport, Rhode Island, I visited my brother John, who had been married and settled there some years. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- In America in 1806 David Melville of Newport, Rhode Island, lighted with gas his own house and the street in front of it. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- Everybody else has gone to Newport. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- The Newport Archery Club always held its August meeting at the Beauforts'. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- But Newport represented the escape from duty into an atmosphere of unmitigated holiday-making. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
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