dene
Example Sentences
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Bryng us in no mutton, for that is often lene, Nor bryng us in no trypys, for thei be syldom dene But bryng us in good ale.
From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall
No engagement ever existed between me and Miss Ever- dene.
From Far from the Madding Crowd by Thomas Hardy
Or it may be that it is so called of Wald and dene: for I have read it written in old evidences Waldæne, with a diphthong.
From Elizabethan England From 'A Description of England,' by William Harrison by William Harrison
At three we came on to Roddam, where an uncle and aunt of Charlie Bosanquet's live—a beautiful place, with a terraced garden almost overhanging the moorlands, and a dene stretching up into the Cheviots.
From Story of My Life, volumes 1-3 by Augustus J. C. Hare
A dene or glade opening near the house gives the place its name, the grounds being extensive and displaying gardens and fine woods.
From England, Picturesque and Descriptive A Reminiscence of Foreign Travel by Joel Cook
