moor
Example Sentences
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"They want to come here and experience the Brontes, the moor, and find their own interpretation of Emily," he said.
From Barron's • Feb. 28, 2026
"Hopefully they will be okay because the wind is horrendous up on the moor edge," he said.
From BBC • Feb. 3, 2026
Its single “Chains of Love” is a hybrid of new and old, with orchestral flourishes bouncing off the singer’s voice, which is processed to sound pinched and distant—as if echoing across a windswept moor, perhaps.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 30, 2025
The April 2021 wildfires caused purple moor grass "to really take off" and prevented other plants, like heather, growing back.
From BBC • Apr. 11, 2025
He looks out over the snowy rooftops of the town to the snowy moor, the snowy woods, unaware of my presence behind the wall.
From "Grendel" by John Gardner
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