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Definition of Across the country
1. Adverb. Extending throughout an entire nation. "It was broadcast nationwide"
Lexicographical Neighbors of Across The Country
Literary usage of Across the country
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1868)
"... his simple reason for taking at night, a fourteen miles' walk across the
country instead of paying the three francs to the diligence from tbe station. ..."
2. The Great Rebellion: A History of the Civil War in the United States by Joel Tyler Headley (1866)
"... CAPTURE OF BATTERIES BY GENERAL SMITH MARCH OF BANKS across the country TO
ALEXANDRIA ADVANCE INTO THE INTERIOR DEFEAT OF BANKS RETREAT OF STEELE RETURN ..."
3. Appletons' Annual Cyclopædia and Register of Important Events of the Year (1866)
"Sherman's expedition had attracted the attention of the enemy, and many unaware
of the difficulties of such a movement across the country, had supposed his ..."
4. A History of Missouri from the Earliest Explorations and Settlements Until by Louis Houck (1908)
"... Journey into the Interior of Missouri in 1718—Goes Up the Saline and Across
the Country—Visits the Osages and Other Indians—Erects the Arms of France at ..."
5. A Practical Treatise on the Criminal Law: Comprising the Practice, Pleadings by Joseph Chitty (1819)
"... 7ft for Wing a deserter, 72 for assisting prisoners of war to escape by
conveying them across the country, 72 the like on another occasion, ..."
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