drowned valley

noun

1. a valley that, having been flooded by the sea, now exists as a bay or estuary.

Word History and Origins

Origin of drowned valley¹

First recorded in 1900–05

Example Sentences

They plodded on, arguing, toward their rendezvous with Quintana's outpost on the edge of Drowned Valley.

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All I know is that whatever is livin' in Drowned Valley at this hour has gotta live and die there.

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Quintana might already have left Drowned Valley by that third exit unknown to Clinch.

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So twilight died in the stillness of Drowned Valley and the pall of night lay over all things,—living and dead alike.

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Slowly, still, she moved until her sensitive feet felt the trodden path from Drowned Valley.

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