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Example sentences for: moat

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Once the daily influx of visitors begins, about mid-morning, an outrigger boat shuttles people across the outer moat to a craft display and shop.
Their arena is Lake Washington, the 18-mile-long moat that separates Seattle from the Eastside locales of Bellevue, Mercer Island, Kirkland, and Redmond--global headquarters of Slate . The transition of Lake Washington from a decent water-skiing pond into something Gatsbyesque and gawk-worthy has been so dramatic that now some people visit the Northwest for the sole purpose of staring at all the man-made creations on and around the lake.
Every morning as well as late in the afternoon, people use the wide outer moat for washing themselves and their clothes.
It’s notable for its double moat.
The highest point of old Beijing, the hill was created from earth that was removed to form the moat system around the Forbidden City.