glen
a small, narrow, secluded valley.
Origin of glen
1Other words from glen
- glenlike, adjective
Words Nearby glen
Other definitions for Glen (2 of 2)
a male or female given name.
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How to use glen in a sentence
Lubber Run has hosted live music since 1969, when the first stage was erected in a glen of this Arlington park.
A couple weeks prior to meeting glen, my college buddy Dan Buettner invited me to join a group of his friends on an ultralightweight hike through Utah’s Buckskin Gulch—led by, according to Dan, a mythical legend named glen Van Peski.
In the World of Ultralight Hiking, Everything Weighs Something | jversteegh | July 14, 2021 | Outside OnlineFor glen, and anyone traveling with him, having too much gear might be worse than having no gear at all.
In the World of Ultralight Hiking, Everything Weighs Something | jversteegh | July 14, 2021 | Outside OnlineShe’s compelled to fill a “regret journal” before she makes her escape with glen.
Geling Yan’s twisty thriller ‘The Secret Talker’ begins with a creepy but alluring text | Mark Athitakis | May 28, 2021 | Washington PostLater, as a military interpreter, she falls for glen, a visiting English teacher, which leads to accusations that she’s a spy.
Geling Yan’s twisty thriller ‘The Secret Talker’ begins with a creepy but alluring text | Mark Athitakis | May 28, 2021 | Washington Post
It said: “Tonie Tobias, Information Technology, President of glen, Gay and Lesbian Employee Network.”
How A Company’s Support of Gay Employees Helped One of Them To Come Out | | December 24, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTShady glen uses unremarkable American cheese and choice beef that anyone can buy at the market.
Then, at around dawn, two well-aimed mortar shots killed two more former Navy SEALS, Tyrone Woods and glen Doherty.
General: We Didn't Even Try To Save American Lives In Benghazi | Eli Lake | May 1, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTMalcolm Perry unbuttoned his dark blue glen-plaid jacket and threw it onto the floor.
Jimmy Breslin on JFK’s Assassination: Two Classic Columns | Jimmy Breslin | November 22, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTUntil this year, glen Johnson was the dean of Massachusetts political reporters.
From Rick Stengel to David Axelrod, All of the President’s Journalists | Ben Jacobs | September 13, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTBruce may have taken refuge again in glen Trool; Gray's mention of the isles may result from a confusion with earlier events.
King Robert the Bruce | A. F. Murison“On the high road overlooking the glen of the Leprechauns, on a starlit night before the moon came up,” said Padna.
The Whale and the Grasshopper | Seumas O'BrienHe made way for her to precede him in the narrow wood path, and then silently followed her up the glen.
Ruth | Elizabeth Cleghorn GaskellAnd with that he raised his voice and called somewhat to the men, and they quickened their pace into the glen.
A Prince of Cornwall | Charles W. WhistlerI had listened for some sound from Howel and Evan, but since the footsteps passed up the glen I had heard none until this moment.
A Prince of Cornwall | Charles W. Whistler
British Dictionary definitions for glen
/ (ɡlɛn) /
a narrow and deep mountain valley, esp in Scotland or Ireland
Origin of glen
1Derived forms of glen
- glenlike, adjective
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