troughs

Example Sentences

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What the pair found was a desert highway that rolls up and down, like an asphalt serpent, with deadly blind peaks and treacherous hidden troughs.

From Barron's • Mar. 8, 2026

“The tips of the waves are called ridges and the bottoms of the waves are called troughs, and so the atmosphere flows just like water.”

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 26, 2026

Some rest over deep troughs or underwater mountains, while others lie across broad, flat plains.

From Science Daily • Feb. 26, 2026

But its shape, though haunting, is also oddly inviting, bringing to mind stone troughs and thirsty animals.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 26, 2025

Her hand came ablaze, and among the flickering shadows I saw it, lurking among the troughs.

From "Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children" by Ransom Riggs