dell

Example Sentences

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It will rumble through the valley; it will rattle in the dell.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 31, 2021

“They buried her in a pink blanket, down in the dell by my dad’s house. But afterwards they said it was a boy.”

From The Guardian • Sep. 14, 2018

A tiny church stands nestled in a dell against steep, forested hills.

From Washington Post • Mar. 1, 2018

Presiding over this in the Church of Santa Maria delle Anime dell Purgatorio is an actual crowned skull called “Lucia” and a sculptural masterpiece of a winged skull.

From New York Times • Oct. 28, 2011

Together they plunged over a fall of green-hued stone, and foamed down into a dell.

From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien