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

There is seldom any climbing about a genuine clough, because it implies soil rather than rock.

From Climbing in The British Isles. Vol. 1 - England by Smith, W. P. Haskett

To the left, in a clough, was an enormous yellow marlpit, with pools of water in its depths, and gangways of planks along them, and a few overturned wheelbarrows lying here and there.

From The Price of Love by Bennett, Arnold

The road turns off sharply inland at Vitt, a tiny fisher-hamlet we came upon unexpectedly, hidden in a deep clough.

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

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