Wolds
Britishplural noun
Example Sentences
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Sykes was in Parliament for 27 years, eventually serving the Buckrose constituency in the Yorkshire Wolds.
From BBC ● Apr. 19, 2026
Charlie Dewhirst, who represents Bridlington and The Wolds, called on the government to publish a strategy to improve social mobility for young white men living in poorer communities.
From BBC ● Mar. 23, 2026
Colin was born in a farm cottage more or less opposite the village shop and has lived in Little Weighton, a small village in the Yorkshire Wolds, ever since.
From BBC ● Mar. 16, 2026
"Thirty-thousand years ago, you could have walked from the Wolds to the Continent, across a wet, boggy landscape of trees, open water, rivers, springs, bogs," he says.
From BBC ● Dec. 25, 2024
In going westward we come, at the village of North Cave, to the southern horn of the crescent of the Wolds.
From Yorkshire by Gordon Home
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