glen
noun
a small, narrow, secluded valley.
glens
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pluralof glen.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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There will likely be no vistas of forest canopy, no shaded glens with water cascading through a tapestry of conifers, pine sap spicing the morning air.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 28, 2025
Although most of the park fills up daily with birthday parties, off-leash dogs, and brass bands, it’s also home to a network of shady glens, murmuring creeks, and still ponds.
From Slate ● Aug. 31, 2023
It re-shaped the map of the Highlands with vast hydro schemes, which brought power and people into the Highland glens, much of that in the 1950s.
From BBC ● Jul. 31, 2023
The visionary Labour politician Tom Johnston was the driving force behind the expansion, which brought power and jobs to the glens, dramatically improving life in rural Scotland in the years after the war.
From BBC ● Mar. 20, 2023
That other world was suburban and endless, organized around pot roasts, blueberry pies, fireworks, ice cream sundaes, immaculate bathrooms, and small toy trucks that were loosed in wooded backyards with streams and glens.
From "Between the World and Me" by Ta-Nehisi Coates
