hummock
Example Sentences
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We came across Dow Finsterwald standing alone on a hummock overlooking the course.
From Golf Digest • Apr. 9, 2020
It had just been a flash against the silhouette of a shadowy hummock.
From New York Times • Apr. 25, 2019
Skeptically watching their training exercise, he steps on a hummock and is taken aback when the ground below him speaks.
From Washington Post • Aug. 4, 2017
They wanted him to protect Pelican Island, a 5-acre hummock near Vero Beach, Fla., at the mouth of the Indian River.
From Slate • Apr. 19, 2013
Frequently, one of the dog teams had to be unharnessed from its sled and then hitched to a lifeboat to help the men drag it up and over a hummock or ridge.
From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
