dell
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A tiny church stands nestled in a dell against steep, forested hills.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 1, 2018
We couldn't film in Lamorna itself because it's in a little dell and you can't get trucks down there, so we had to find places to stand in for it.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 15, 2013
Presiding over this in the Church of Santa Maria delle Anime dell Purgatorio is an actual crowned skull called “Lucia” and a sculptural masterpiece of a winged skull.
From New York Times ● Oct. 28, 2011
They brandish swords, rip through forest and dell, steal from the rich to benefit the poor and make mischief and romance, all with panache and verve.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 26, 2011
If the horsemen had already found the dell, the sooner Strider led them somewhere else the better.
From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien
It's humps, hollows and greens on plateaus and in dells with its two loops of nines along the water make it a ideal links venue and one worthy of a visit.
From Golf Digest ● Jul. 18, 2017
A lithe athlete and a musician skilled on the mandolin and guitar, Bailey was raised in the mountains and dells of the Adirondacks in New York and has skied biathlon for a decade.
From New York Times ● Mar. 29, 2016
Instead of the suburban vistas, there are deep dells, overhanging trees, shaded walks, radiant flowers and glowing colours.
From BBC ● May 26, 2013
I have watched a misty pink sunrise across gentle Indiana, seen the farms and autumnal dells of Wisconsin, the wheeling perspectives of corn fields, pumpkin fields, harrowed earth and prairie roads.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 19, 2010
It sent its stealthy, suckered tentacles inching along the insides of his skull, hoovering the knolls and dells of his memory, dislodging old sentences, whisking them off the tip of his tongue.
From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy
