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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • A river of eastern Texas rising northeast of Dallas and flowing about 890 km (550 mi) generally southeast and south to the Gulf of Mexico. Its lower course forms the Texas-Louisiana border and crosses Sabine Lake before entering the Gulf.

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  • proper noun A river that flows through eastern Texas and western Louisiana into the Gulf of Mexico.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun a river in eastern Texas that flows south into the Gulf of Mexico

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Examples

  • Especially when you get up into the areas along the Sabine River, which is this river that comes right through here.

    CNN Transcript Sep 24, 2005 2005

  • US Coast Guard Petty Officer 3rd Class Chris Coleman searchs for Craig Phelps and Roger Frank on the Sabine River, which is the border between Texas and Louisiana.

    Archive 2007-11-01 2007

  • She looked at that catfish and remembered the first time Daddy had taken her and Kit fishing on the Sabine River, how cool it had been to look over the water clear into Louisiana, and how patient Daddy had been with her and Kit, helping them thread their hooks and telling them fairy stories to keep them from noticing how long it took the fish to bite.

    Slice Of Cherry Dia Reeves 2011

  • She looked at that catfish and remembered the first time Daddy had taken her and Kit fishing on the Sabine River, how cool it had been to look over the water clear into Louisiana, and how patient Daddy had been with her and Kit, helping them thread their hooks and telling them fairy stories to keep them from noticing how long it took the fish to bite.

    Slice Of Cherry Dia Reeves 2011

  • She looked at that catfish and remembered the first time Daddy had taken her and Kit fishing on the Sabine River, how cool it had been to look over the water clear into Louisiana, and how patient Daddy had been with her and Kit, helping them thread their hooks and telling them fairy stories to keep them from noticing how long it took the fish to bite.

    Slice Of Cherry Dia Reeves 2011

  • She looked at that catfish and remembered the first time Daddy had taken her and Kit fishing on the Sabine River, how cool it had been to look over the water clear into Louisiana, and how patient Daddy had been with her and Kit, helping them thread their hooks and telling them fairy stories to keep them from noticing how long it took the fish to bite.

    Slice Of Cherry Dia Reeves 2011

  • The Union quoted the general as vowing to drive Zachary Taylor all the way back to the Sabine River and reclaim the entirety of Texas.

    A Country of Vast Designs Robert W. Merry 2009

  • The Union quoted the general as vowing to drive Zachary Taylor all the way back to the Sabine River and reclaim the entirety of Texas.

    A Country of Vast Designs Robert W. Merry 2009

  • John Quincy Adams, then secretary of state, negotiated an agreement with Spain awarding Florida to the United States and establishing all of Mexico west of the Sabine River as Spanish territory.

    A Country of Vast Designs Robert W. Merry 2009

  • John Quincy Adams, then secretary of state, negotiated an agreement with Spain awarding Florida to the United States and establishing all of Mexico west of the Sabine River as Spanish territory.

    A Country of Vast Designs Robert W. Merry 2009

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