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Example sentences for: moat

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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.
A castle's moat its border flanks who enters in must ford her banks.
It is surrounded by a deep, wide, dry moat, thick walls, and fortified grass-covered earthworks.
In Beijing, the ancient city walls were pulled down and the city moat was filled in.
Toledo, Spain’s former capital set on a crag above a river moat, is a living museum of El Greco and the legacy of a great capital city of Christians, Jews, and Muslims.