hillock

Example Sentences

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Father Luget, Mr Halliday says, claimed to have seen the light over a hillock in the rectory garden and to have seen the Crucifixion above it and the Virgin Mary kneeling before it.

From BBC • Jul. 16, 2023

WINTHROP, Okanogan County — On a rocky hillock crowned with lupine and yarrow, Methow Conservancy Executive Director Sarah Brooks surveyed the Sunny M Ranch on the eve of a historic land deal.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 16, 2023

In the afternoon, we reached the bottom and waited on a hillock for Aidano to drive us to Lengai Safari Lodge.

From New York Times • Apr. 17, 2023

Railway workers are planning to build a sandy hillock there where the badgers can dig their homes.

From BBC • Mar. 21, 2023

On January 22, Worsley climbed a hillock of ice and saw that the gale that had blown them north had also compacted the ice and blown Ocean Camp closer to their position.

From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong