Wolds
Britishplural noun
Example Sentences
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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
A collection of David Hockney's iPad drawings of the Yorkshire Wolds have been sold at auction for £6.2m.
From BBC • Oct. 17, 2025
He spotted on butterfly distribution maps that there were no marbled whites across a 90-mile swath between the Midlands and the Yorkshire Wolds.
From The Guardian • Oct. 13, 2020
About 20 graves dating to the fifth and sixth centuries have been found in the Lincolnshire Wolds including one containing a woman cradling a baby.
From BBC • Nov. 26, 2018
No," replied her ladyship; "Craighall is too near Plymouth; I determine on the Wolds.
From Thaddeus of Warsaw by Porter, Jane
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