combe

Example Sentences

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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

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

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

The slope was already in shadow when Campion came running down with the news that he had come face to face with Blackavar and Holly in the upper part of the combe.

From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams

It was trotting steadily up the combe like a dog, trailing its white-tipped brush.

From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams