combe
Example Sentences
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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
However this may be, it is certain that no fox hunts rabbits by going openly up a combe at sunset.
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
To the west again was a shallow, dry downland combe, perhaps four hundred yards across and overgrown with weeds and rough, yellowing summer tussocks.
From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams
