Gate which is, or was, set within a city wall.
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Examples for "city gate "
1 You've been thinking it since that first day outside the city gate -
2 Mukkadasi writes in 985: Outside the eastern city gate is a spring.
3 Ali looked about and saw his mother standing near the city gate .
4 Secondly, on his death, the city gate was converted into a church.
5 She made her way through the markets until she reached the city gate .
1 When Kuisl got beyond the town gate , he stopped in his tracks.
2 He embraces her when she meets him at the town gate .
3 They spill their blood on the scaling ladders when the town gate is open.'
4 We came to the town gate - it opened - and my conductors bore me directly towards-the churchyard!
5 There stood a whole row of them, from the town gate to the palace gate.
1 A number of men rushed forward and heaved the great town gates shut.
2 There was a whole row of them from the town gates to the palace.
3 Had he not the key to one of the town gates in his keeping?
4 As they neared the town gates , Egg reined up sharply.
5 The clatter of knives in the kitchen was heard as far as the town gates .
1 She ran toward the city gates , but they were too far away.
2 Up to the city gates the country is peopled by the Gallas.
3 It was a quiet meadow among the gardens, outside the city gates .
4 Tell him to close the city gates and arrest the other players.
5 Then all pass under the upraised hands, which represent the city gates .
6 From our side one of the city gates communicated with a bridge.
7 Soldiers at the city gates proceeded to enforce this last regulation rigorously.
8 At last, too late, I saw that the city gates were shut.'
9 People have always gathered at city gates to share news and tell stories.
10 In time the city gates came in sight-farup the straight, narrow road.
11 I received your message last night, and locked the city gates .
12 She'd reached the city gates just as they opened to let him through.
13 The old city gates remind the tourist of Spanish stories and Oriental fables.
14 The triumphant Japanese soldiers stood at the city gates and within the palace.
15 This odd exhilaration didn't start until we left the city gates .
16 Now we may easily reach the avenues and the city gates .
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