combe
Example Sentences
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They would arrive at evening and then assemble and rest in the combe south of Cannon Heath Down.
From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams
What wind there was was from the northeast and the fox, coming up the combe from the west, might have broken in upon them without warning.
From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams
They reached the track above the combe and began to make their way along it with some caution, since the sunset was in their eyes.
From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams
The rough, weed-covered ground of the combe sloped away below them, a long dip bounded on the north by Caesar’s Belt.
From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams
They skirted the side of the wood that lay along the southern edge of the combe and then, in ones and twos, slipped across the empty road beyond.
From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams
