6 sentences with 'nearest'
Example sentences and phrases with the word nearest and other words derived from it.
• « Although most peasants never left the area where they were born, many migrated to the nearest towns and cities and tried to make a life there; serfs (unfree peasants) who came to a village and stayed a year and a day were even legally freed from having to return to the farm. »
• « There are other maples in the area, but the nearest one is at the edge of a thick copse of evergreens. »
• « Meanwhile, the majorities he won in general elections grew steadily. In 1987 he outpolled his nearest rival by 2,744 votes - the largest Conservative majority in the country. »
• « The panda effectively leads a vagabond's life, wandering from one bad meal to another and sleeping in the nearest dark corner. »