ghyll
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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But then so did the telephone, the railway, internal combustion, photography, laudanum, mirror glass, fire, television, gunpowder, the crossbow, distillation, the slingshot, the bridge high across a foaming ghyll.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 19, 2016
In the silence he heard the voice of the beck, as it hurried down the ghyll.
From Fenwick's Career by Ward, Humphry, Mrs.
“This ghyll will be alive with them in little more than an hour,” said Martin confidently.
From The Revellers by Tracy, Louis
The two men had walked some distance, and reached the turning of a lane which led to a house that could be seen among the trees at the foot of a ghyll.
From A Son of Hagar A Romance of Our Time by Caine, Hall, Sir
It might have spoiled the verse; and Thor ghyll is beautiful.”
From The Revellers by Tracy, Louis
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