knoll
noun
a small, rounded hill or eminence; hillock.
knolls
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present tense formof knoll (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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Homeless people live in or around the park, many sleeping on the grassy knolls by the water.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 25, 2025
Iowa at the time, Mr. Hill said, would have been a “parkland,” with patches of trees mixed in with grassy knolls.
From Washington Times ● Apr. 1, 2023
Three zebras have been frocklicking through the lush, grassy knolls of Prince George’s County, Maryland, since the end of August.
From Slate ● Oct. 15, 2021
But there’s only so much whipping hair and water splashing, grassy knolls and dreamy overhead shots I can take.
From New York Times ● Nov. 2, 2020
She was a woman who had known desire, and who had danced upon the knolls by Lake Champlain.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party" by M.T. Anderson
