glen

Example Sentences

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The glen is a large area of thickly wooded hillsides and glens with a river, streams and lochs south of Inverness.

From BBC • Dec. 14, 2024

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

When the boys began to gather in the glen of a Summer night, And the Kerry piper’s tuning made us long with wild delight.

From "Angela's Ashes: A Memoir" by Frank McCourt