combe

Example Sentences

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What wind there was was from the northeast and the fox, coming up the combe from the west, might have broken in upon them without warning.

From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams

They skirted the side of the wood that lay along the southern edge of the combe and then, in ones and twos, slipped across the empty road beyond.

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

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

Still talking quietly, he led Pipkin out into the overgrown combe.

From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams