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
Together they went quickly back to the briars and once more looked into the combe.
From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams
“No, that’s away up by Efrafa. Down here it runs in a sort of combe of its own. Can’t you smell it?”
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
Of course, I had already heard similar sentiments a few moments earlier, but Mr Morgan actually said: 'It's a privilege to have a gentleman like yourself here in Mos- combe, sir.'
From "The Remains of the Day" by Kazuo Ishiguro
