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
To the west again was a shallow, dry downland combe, perhaps four hundred yards across and overgrown with weeds and rough, yellowing summer tussocks.
From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams
However this may be, it is certain that no fox hunts rabbits by going openly up a combe at sunset.
From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams
They would arrive at evening and then assemble and rest in the combe south of Cannon Heath Down.
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
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
