knoll

Example Sentences

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From home bakers to professionals, influencers to non-bakers, everyone places their cakes on the tables stretching across the grassy knoll, with Sydney's famed Harbour Bridge as the backdrop.

From BBC • Mar. 28, 2026

During the afternoon, we sprawled out on a grassy knoll by the beach.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 2, 2024

Beneath a standing canopy of western red cedar on a shady knoll near the entrance to the property, the Renaissance Garden references the tribe’s relatively brief history with the lumber mill in Port Gamble.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 16, 2023

With treelike structures, a green knoll and overhead chimes incorporating colorful carved birds, the 3,500-square-foot space exposes young minds to art’s most fundamental ingredients: materials.

From New York Times • Sep. 7, 2023

Quickly and silently he went, until he came to the edge of the knoll.

From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien