plains

Example Sentences

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Those monumental physical traces are to be found in the fertile plains, mountainsides and deserts of the Middle East.

From BBC • May 25, 2026

Coronado also inadvertently shaped the course of Native American plains culture when Puebloans captured some of his horses.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 28, 2026

The others, with their hot deserts and big-sky plains, seem more obvious: Texas, Arizona and California.

From Salon • Apr. 27, 2026

At the time, this region was an elevated landscape surrounded by hot, dry plains.

From Science Daily • Mar. 21, 2026

She was obviously Cree, but looked more plains than northern, so she was far from home.

From "The Marrow Thieves" by Cherie Dimaline