Example sentences for: cornwall

How can you use “cornwall” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • In Cornwall, heather is called by an altogether different name, namely, grig ; and in Wales it is called grug (pronounced “GREEG”); both words are Celtic, reflecting their ancient homelands.

  • Dark explanations may be given for misfortune in Cornwall such as, He bin awverlooked [ill wished].

  • In Cornwall the word emmet is used with exactly the same meaning and is likewise labelled mildly disparaging by the OED , which gives two citations, both of which include grockle , from 1975 and 1984.

  • Though there are three other (two very rare) relatives of heath in Scotland and two very local heaths found mainly in Dorset and Cornwall, the overall picture for the common experience in Gaeldom is one heather and two heaths in Scotland, and one heather and four (or possibly five) heaths in Ireland.

  • The Bloomsbury Dictionary claims it has been used in Cornwall since the 1950s.


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