dell

Example Sentences

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It will rumble through the valley; it will rattle in the dell.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 31, 2021

“They buried her in a pink blanket, down in the dell by my dad’s house. But afterwards they said it was a boy.”

From The Guardian • Sep. 14, 2018

A tiny church stands nestled in a dell against steep, forested hills.

From Washington Post • Mar. 1, 2018

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

Far away in the tumble of country that lay at the foot of the mountain was the dell from which they had started to climb the pass.

From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien