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Meanings of yon in inglês

Distant but within sight (`yon' is dialectal)

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Examples for "yonder"
Examples for "yonder"
1
He is in the hut now; he sits yonder in the shadow.
Nada the Lily
2
The gentlemen fighting yonder are in no tender mood; I know them.
Princess Maritza
3
There, see, Sir; the fog is thinning; that is the castle yonder.
Bred in the Bone; Or, Like Father, Like Son: A Novel
4
Four of them are in the cellar of the church yonder now.
The Brick Moon, and Other Stories
5
See yonder; lights are on the pathway as high as the tree-bridge.
Prisoners of Chance / The Story of What Befell Geoffrey Benteen,...
Usage of yon in inglês
1
Give me my staff; and tarry in yon chamber to the left.
Pausanias, the Spartan; The Haunted and the Haunters / An Unfini...
2
I got well queek; better so here; not over yon in No-Man's-Land.
Our Pilots in the Air
3
The water that is rising from yon creek will increase in volume.
Strange Visitors / A series of original papers, embracing philos...
4
I dinna approve o' carridges without horses, but yon's a bonny machine.
The witch queen
5
There are a dozen nests in yon mountain if there be one.
The Brook Kerith: A Syrian story
6
He would think that in yon place no contagion could touch him.
In the Days of Chivalry: A Tale of the Times of the Black Prince
7
See you yon long-limbed parson on the left-him with the pent-house hat.
Micah Clarke / His Statement as made to his three grandchildren ...
8
You have to deal with yon Scots jarl-andI ken the Scotsmen.
A Sea Queen's Sailing
9
Thou speakest of the victims done to death within yon gloomy walls.
In the Days of Chivalry: A Tale of the Times of the Black Prince
10
The streets are full of singing recruits marching hither and yon-mostlyyon.
A Journal From Our Legation in Belgium
11
The people said they never heerd language like Katie used yon time.
The Second Chance
12
I read the bone by it, Bring yon face nearer, I say.
The Cloister and the Hearth
13
Methinks yon lazy Joan might lift one, and be none the worsen.
For the Master's Sake: A Story of the Days of Queen Mary
14
His lithe young legs and arms threw themselves about hither and yon.
Bertram Cope's Year
15
Let's grant that the stars are scattered through space, hither and yon.
Death by black hole: and other cosmic quandaries
16
Round yon point is the Bann River, whence we came this morning.
A Sea Queen's Sailing
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United Kingdom
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United States of America
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