[
US
/ˌɹæpəˈhænək/
]
NOUN
- a river that flows across eastern Virginia into the Tidewater region
How To Use Rappahannock In A Sentence
- There is also a crossroads called Rappahannock about three hours driving time east of us. CNN Transcript Dec 24, 2003
- A furious storm of rain impeded the promised advance of the army, but a statement received from the South announces that General Hooker had crossed the Rappahannock. Foreign and Colonial Intelligence
- We sat along the banks of the Rappahannock River downstream of Fredericksburg for some time while the enemy lurked opposite us.
- Compared with the Potomac, the Rappahannock was a mere creek. Washington
- I know Sperryville is in Rappahannock and that it’s a good hour’s drive away, but I don’t know why I’d go there or what, even, one might do there. Waldo Jaquith - BlueRidgeMac.
- There's apparently a U.S. naval vessel called the Rappahannock and, of course, there's the Rappahannock River, which stretches from our end of the state all the way down to the Chesapeake Bay. CNN Transcript Dec 24, 2003
- Finally, on September 25th, they began to run a trial line to connect the headspring of the Rappahannock River with the headspring of the Potomac River.
- Hooker's assumption that Sedgwick was on the north side of the Rappahannock was his own, and not Sedgwick's fault. The Campaign of Chancellorsville
- So when my brand-new Mac mini abruptly ceased to function on Tuesday morning, I was a bit alarmed to hear from Apple that I’d need to take it to the closest authorized repair shop … in Rappahannock County. Waldo Jaquith - BlueRidgeMac.
- Two gentlemen, hunting some years ago in Rappahannock County, Virginia, came across a bevy of quails.