Sentence examples for as a river from inspiring English sources

The city grew up as a river port at the confluence of the River Ouse and the River Foss.

Russell and Cheltenham: seamless as a river.

It developed in about the 7th century as a river crossing.

Komárno's role as a river port complemented and eventually superseded its function as a fortress.

It developed as a river port for the shipment of agricultural produce, mainly to New Orleans.

The speech was not continuous, as a river is, because the flow was broken.

Bathwater-warm, the ocean was translucent turquoise, the current as strong as a river.

…reappearing as a river, the Orbe, about 2 miles (3 km) farther down.

I stepped onto the carpet, which was as wet as a river.

"The Rio Grande isn't seen, treated, or valued as a river," he said.

The show has as many crosscurrents and undertows as a river.