defile
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My grandmother Defile who died with a bald head in a prison, because God had given her wings.
From "Krik? Krak!" by Edwidge Danticat
In the fighting times the Defile of Donzère was a famous place in which to bring armies to a stand.
From The Christmas Kalends of Provence And Some Other Provençal Festivals by Janvier, Thomas A. (Thomas Allibone)
Defile not your tongues with cursing or execrating anyone, and guard your eyes from that which is not worthy.
From Bahá’u’lláh and the New Era by Esslemont, J. E. (John Ebenezer)
IX Below Viviers the Rhône breaks out from its broad upper valley into its broader lower valley through the Defile of Donzère.
From The Christmas Kalends of Provence And Some Other Provençal Festivals by Janvier, Thomas A. (Thomas Allibone)
The travellers proceeded on their way down the Defile of Gondo.
From Oxford Lectures on Poetry by Bradley, Andrew Cecil
Vocabulary lists containing defile
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
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Grade 9, List 3
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