combe

Example Sentences

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However this may be, it is certain that no fox hunts rabbits by going openly up a combe at sunset.

From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams

Almost before they could grasp that he was alive, he had recrossed the entire upper slope of the combe in a single dash and bolted in among them.

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

He turned and, although it was rapidly becoming too dark to see any distance, made as though he were still looking out across the combe.

From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams