combe
Example Sentences
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It was trotting steadily up the combe like a dog, trailing its white-tipped brush.
From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams
The rough, weed-covered ground of the combe sloped away below them, a long dip bounded on the north by Caesar’s Belt.
From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams
“No, that’s away up by Efrafa. Down here it runs in a sort of combe of its own. Can’t you smell it?”
From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams
They reached the track above the combe and began to make their way along it with some caution, since the sunset was in their eyes.
From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams
Still talking quietly, he led Pipkin out into the overgrown combe.
From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
