glen

Example Sentences

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According to the trust, thousands of years ago the glen would have been a native woodland but it was left bare by human intervention such as grazing sheep and deer.

From BBC • Apr. 28, 2025

In a leafy glen in a very small, beautiful moment, the trees watched too.

From Salon • Oct. 8, 2022

Tomlin: Well, the first time I’m over the hill, I have a lovely, beautiful glen.

From Los Angeles Times • May 24, 2022

In St. Louis, setting up the stage at the bottom of an amphitheater-like glen avoided that problem, but squeezing it into that spot was a worrisomely close shave.

From New York Times • Jul. 29, 2021

At the head of the glen a torrent flowed like a white lace over an endless ladder of short falls, and a mist of foam hung in the air about the mountains’ feet.

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