narrows

/ (ˈnærəʊz) /


pl n
  1. a narrow part of a strait, river, current, etc

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How to use narrows in a sentence

  • An aeroplane had reported that the Goeben had come into the narrows, presumably to fire over the Peninsula with her big guns.

  • Meanwhile, the Australian submarine has got up through the narrows and has torpedoed a gunboat at Chunuk.

  • The War Office forget every now and then other things about the coastline above the narrows.

  • They carried their canoe down to the shore, and in a moment were paddling down the island toward the narrows.

    The Rival Campers | Ruel Perley Smith
  • There was an extra paddle, which Arthur wielded after a fashion, and it did not take long to come within sight of the narrows.

    The Rival Campers | Ruel Perley Smith