vale

"Though I walk through death's dark vale, yet will I fear none ill."

From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2022

“The NRF forces are present in all strategic positions across the vale to continue the fight,” the group said in a statement on Twitter.

From Washington Times ● Sep. 6, 2021

And why should the Emerald Isle, so betrayed, not have become this vale of tears?

From The New Yorker ● Aug. 22, 2018

The path, still wide enough for men and vehicles and horses, tho I only see men, curves its way down thru more orchards on the hillsides of the little vale.

From "The Knife of Never Letting Go" by Patrick Ness

She’d sat among sword ferns six feet tall or on a shelf above a vale of trilliums and opened her eyes to the place.

From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson

Daphne du Maurier set the opening scene of her novel The Glass-Blowers on the terrace of the house, and it is still there much as it was, hidden amid the wooded vales and pastures.

From BBC ● Jul. 2, 2022

I’ve enjoyed the recent rains and the way they green the vales and rinse clean our precious strip malls, a point of pride for so many L.A. residents.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 7, 2019

Meanwhile, those huge rainfalls on exposed black dirt wash it to the vales even from the flat ground of our neighborhood.

From The Guardian ● Oct. 19, 2018

Along the way, so much wonder and adventure was found in the hills and vales of the Mountain State.

From Washington Times ● Jul. 28, 2016

“I come from fields once tall with wheat, from pastures deep in fern and thistle; I come from vales of meadowsweet, and I love to whistle.”

From "Stuart Little" by E.B. White