Example sentences for: firth

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

  • They consolidated their gains by building Antonine’s Wall across the waist of Scotland between the Firth of Forth and the River Clyde in about a.d. 150.

  • From a small jetty below the railway bridge, you can take a ferry out into the Firth of Forth to tiny Inchcolm Island.

  • Approximately 13 kilometers (8 miles) west of the city is Queensferry, a town that developed as a crossing point of the Firth of Forth for routes to the north of Scotland.

  • James Edward Stuart, known as the “Old Pretender,” traveled up the Firth of Forth in 1708 but was driven back by British ships and bad weather.

  • The views from the summit of Arthur’s Seat — nobody is quite sure which Arthur gave his name to the hill — offer wonderful views of the city and across the Firth of Forth to the north.


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