moors

Example Sentences

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While driving around Hebden Bridge and towns surrounding nearby Halifax, I more than once imagined I was Catherine Cawood and marveled at Wainwright’s loyalty to this land, its cities, towns, farms and moors.

From Los Angeles Times • May 14, 2026

Instead, the experimental units can be plants, plots of land, fields, moors, forests, or oceans.

From Slate • Apr. 28, 2026

Perched on the edge of the rugged Yorkshire moors that inspired Emily Bronte to write her masterpiece "Wuthering Heights", the quaint village of Haworth has long been a place of literary pilgrimage.

From Barron's • Feb. 28, 2026

The howl and whine of the opening few bars of “Chains of Love” conjure images of the ghostly moors, before transforming into a catchy midtempo pop number.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 17, 2026

The ground where I stood seemed warmer than the moors.

From "Beyond the Bright Sea" by Lauren Wolk