cairn

Example Sentences

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One person would stay at the first cairn while another would try to locate the next cairn.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 20, 2024

Mr Cassie was involved in the construction of a Jubilee cairn in Ballater featuring 60 stones from 30 hills.

From BBC • Sep. 9, 2022

I’ve been there myself, digging as deep as I could into the long and honorable history of my cairn terriers and Pomeranians.

From New York Times • Oct. 4, 2021

In yet another reminder that we’re in Hollywood, on the other side of the stone wall stands a memorial to the cairn terrier that played Toto in the movie.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 29, 2021

Coming out of the cairn, it looked like the clouds had been peeled back and the moon pumped up like a big, yellow balloon, so bright I almost had to squint.

From "Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children" by Ransom Riggs