combe

Example Sentences

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Together they went quickly back to the briars and once more looked into the combe.

From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams

He turned and, although it was rapidly becoming too dark to see any distance, made as though he were still looking out across the combe.

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

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

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