hillock

Example Sentences

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Father Luget, Mr Halliday says, claimed to have seen the light over a hillock in the rectory garden and to have seen the Crucifixion above it and the Virgin Mary kneeling before it.

From BBC • Jul. 16, 2023

WINTHROP, Okanogan County — On a rocky hillock crowned with lupine and yarrow, Methow Conservancy Executive Director Sarah Brooks surveyed the Sunny M Ranch on the eve of a historic land deal.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 16, 2023

In the afternoon, we reached the bottom and waited on a hillock for Aidano to drive us to Lengai Safari Lodge.

From New York Times • Apr. 17, 2023

Railway workers are planning to build a sandy hillock there where the badgers can dig their homes.

From BBC • Mar. 21, 2023

And so we find Major Puff, marching back and forth, back and forth, behind a hillock and out of sight of Duane and Handsome, who will soon cross the river.

From "The Very, Very Far North" by Dan Bar-el