Pennines
/ (ˈpɛnaɪnz) /
a system of hills in England, extending from the Cheviot Hills in the north to the River Trent in the south: forms the watershed for the main rivers of N England. Highest peak: Cross Fell, 893 m (2930 ft): Also called: the Pennine Chain
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How to use Pennines in a sentence
Since leaving the Pennines we had seen no such glacier scenery.
Italian Alps | Douglas William FreshfieldFor miles there was a succession of hills and valleys, until the vista was terminated by the frowning Pennines.
Billy Barcroft, R.N.A.S. | Percy F. WestermanDanish Northumbria or Deira comprised the lands to the west of the Pennines.
The Danes in Lancashire and Yorkshire | S. W. PartingtonGlacial deposits obscure the older rocks over much of the county, they contain travelled stones from the Pennines and Cheviots.
North-country folk are musical, and this district of the Pennines had produced many voices that passed on to cathedral choirs.
A harum-scarum schoolgirl | Angela Brazil
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