combe
Example Sentences
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It was trotting steadily up the combe like a dog, trailing its white-tipped brush.
From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams
“No, that’s away up by Efrafa. Down here it runs in a sort of combe of its own. Can’t you smell it?”
From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams
To the west again was a shallow, dry downland combe, perhaps four hundred yards across and overgrown with weeds and rough, yellowing summer tussocks.
From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams
He was about to lead the way up the south side of the combe when suddenly a rabbit shouldered him roughly aside, pushed past Fiver and was gone into the open.
From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams
They reached the track above the combe and began to make their way along it with some caution, since the sunset was in their eyes.
From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams
