LAGOON in a Sentence

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1. The Villa Esmeralda was quite a long way out, on the edge of the lagoon looking towards Chioggia.
2. Connie would come home from the blazing light of the lagoon in a kind of stupor, to find letters from home.
3. I should like to see Venice again,' she said, 'and to bathe from one of the shingle islands across the lagoon.

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 Meanings and Examples of LAGOON
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lagoon
 n.  a body of water cut off from a larger body by a reef of sand or coral
Classic Sentence:
1  I should like to see Venice again,' she said, 'and to bathe from one of the shingle islands across the lagoon.
Lady Chatterley's Lover By D H Lawrence
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 11
2  It was a lovely summer afternoon, the shallow lagoon rippled, the full sunshine made Venice, turning its back to them across the water, look dim.
Lady Chatterley's Lover By D H Lawrence
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 17
3  The Villa Esmeralda was quite a long way out, on the edge of the lagoon looking towards Chioggia.
Lady Chatterley's Lover By D H Lawrence
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 17
4  It was not a very old house, and pleasant, with the terraces looking seawards, and below, quite a big garden with dark trees, walled in from the lagoon.
Lady Chatterley's Lover By D H Lawrence
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 17
5  He thought this trip to some lonely bank across the lagoon probably meant business: business being l'amore, love.
Lady Chatterley's Lover By D H Lawrence
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 17
6  Connie would come home from the blazing light of the lagoon in a kind of stupor, to find letters from home.
Lady Chatterley's Lover By D H Lawrence
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 17
7  She lived in the stupor of the light of the lagoon, the lapping saltiness of the water, the space, the emptiness, the nothingness: but health, health, complete stupor of health.
Lady Chatterley's Lover By D H Lawrence
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 17
8  Now he made a third in the gondola, and he bathed with them across the lagoon, and was their escort: a quiet, almost taciturn young man, very advanced in his art.
Lady Chatterley's Lover By D H Lawrence
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 17
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