veldt

Example Sentences

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“Alex is in a cell,” the oldest man said, his voice as flat as the veldt stretching to the horizon.

From The Guardian • Mar. 30, 2019

In his public appearances, Berger often shows a photograph of the golden high veldt and tells audiences, “When I look at that, I see Swiss cheese.”

From The New Yorker • Jun. 20, 2016

Also, square cars getting rounder, with Land Rover smoothing out its distinct boxy corners, ideal for the African veldt, to look like everything else.

From Washington Post • Jan. 30, 2015

Looking closely I noticed the veldt was dotted with thousands of tiny yellow and purple buds, giving me a taste of what might be — weather willing.

From New York Times • Apr. 23, 2014

Cannon Kopje is in itself a hideous cluster of stones, perched upon a rocky ridge, which commands the town, a mile across the veldt.

From The Siege of Mafeking (1900) by Hamilton, J. Angus