defile
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My grandmother Defile who died with a bald head in a prison, because God had given her wings.
From "Krik? Krak!" by Edwidge Danticat
He had the best of it one day, when we passed him in Franconia Defile, after a heavy rain had set in.
From How to Observe Morals and Manners by Martineau, Harriet
The travellers proceeded on their way down the Defile of Gondo.
From Oxford Lectures on Poetry by Bradley, Andrew Cecil
The Defiles are considered the thing to see; and they are interesting enough; we passed the Third Defile down the river somewhere.
From From Edinburgh to India & Burmah by Burn Murdoch, W. G. (William Gordon)
Defile not your tongues with cursing or execrating anyone, and guard your eyes from that which is not worthy.
From Bahá’u’lláh and the New Era by Esslemont, J. E. (John Ebenezer)
Vocabulary lists containing defile
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
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Grade 9, List 3
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