clough

Example Sentences

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In the following exceptions, however, gh are pronounced as f:—cough, chough, clough, enough, laugh, rough, slough, tough, trough.

From Enquire Within Upon Everything The Great Victorian Domestic Standby by Anonymous

The house nestled deep in the clough, upon a shelf of green land, near the moorland stream.

From Th' Barrel Organ by Waugh, Edwin

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

Ay, there's a many of them down in yon clough.

From The Fortunes of Philippa A School Story by Brazil, Angela

What said I to thee, Goody Dickisson, in the clough yonder, by the hollow trunk of the oak?

From Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 1 by Roby, John