clough

Example Sentences

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And he made towards the clough, as if with the intention of putting his words into execution.

From The Lancashire Witches A Romance of Pendle Forest by Ainsworth, William Harrison

And at nightfall, when the driven Bolts of heaven Smite the rock and break the bluff, Thither troop the elves whose home is Where the foam is, And the echo and the clough.

From The Poems of Henry Kendall With Biographical Note by Bertram Stevens by Kendall, Henry

Passing along the upper end of the clough we looked straight down its one shingly street to the sea washing among rocks.

From The Adventures of Elizabeth in Rügen by Arnim, Elizabeth von

A considerable circuit had to be made before the bottom of the clough could be reached, and then the whole tragedy was revealed.

From A Stable for Nightmares or Weird Tales by Young, Charles L. (Charles Lawrence), Sir

The mud, mingled with stones, many of large size, rolled down a precipitous and rugged clough that descended from it.

From The Bront? Family, Vol. 1 of 2 with special reference to Patrick Branwell Bront? by Leyland, Francis A.