combe
Example Sentences
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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
Together they went quickly back to the briars and once more looked into the combe.
From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams
Almost before they could grasp that he was alive, he had recrossed the entire upper slope of the combe in a single dash and bolted in among them.
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
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
