dell

Example Sentences

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A tiny church stands nestled in a dell against steep, forested hills.

From Washington Post • Mar. 1, 2018

We couldn't film in Lamorna itself because it's in a little dell and you can't get trucks down there, so we had to find places to stand in for it.

From The Guardian • Jun. 15, 2013

Presiding over this in the Church of Santa Maria delle Anime dell Purgatorio is an actual crowned skull called “Lucia” and a sculptural masterpiece of a winged skull.

From New York Times • Oct. 28, 2011

They brandish swords, rip through forest and dell, steal from the rich to benefit the poor and make mischief and romance, all with panache and verve.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 26, 2011

We halted in a valley very like the one we had left that morning, a dell among white-humped hills.

From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin