Selby

[ sel-bee ]

noun

1. Hubert, Jr., 1928–2004, U.S. novelist.

Selby

/ ˈsɛlbɪ /

noun

1. an inland port in N England, in North Yorkshire, on the River Ouse: centre for a coalfield since 1983: agricultural products. Pop: 15 807 (2001)

Example Sentences

The ship was given the name of the islands it was destined to serve on a sunny day in July 1985 at the long-gone Cochrane shipyard at Selby, North Yorkshire.

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Andrew Selby KC, for Nazir, said he was a man who had strong family and community ties, with his crimes “wholly out of character”.

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The stretch in North Yorkshire runs from York through Thirsk, Northallerton, Easingwold, Selby and up to Teesside and has claimed the top spot in a recent Strategic Roads User Survey by independent watchdog Transport Focus.

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However, bottlenecks do occur at York and Selby, the only locations where the A19 passes through an urban area.

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"I remember people screaming and banging on the doors, these maddening screams," recalls former inmate Gerrah Selby on her return to Holloway Prison.

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