- present tense form of moor (3rd person singular).
moors
Example Sentences
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In my teens, I discovered the wild moors and ancient halls of “Jane Eyre” and “Wuthering Heights.”
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
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
Across its cliffs, moors and harbours, Cornwall continues to inspire creativity just as powerfully as it did for Graham, Woolf, du Maurier and Thompson.
From BBC ● Feb. 14, 2026
Instead, he determined the companions would travel some distance from the edges of the swamp, keeping to solid ground and following a path half-circling the bog until they reached the moors.
From "The Black Cauldron" by Lloyd Alexander
