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Meanings of narrow glen in English

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Usage of narrow glen in English
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Here a narrow glen opened into a defile with high, steep sides.
Historic Tales: The Romance of Reality. Vol. 07 (of 15), Spanish
2
The narrow glen was full of the brooding power of one universal spirit
Fifteen Thousand Useful Phrases / A Practical Handbook Of Pertin...
3
The romantic scenery of this narrow glen could not be surpassed.
Journals of Two Expeditions of Discovery in North-West and Weste...
4
She peered down the long, narrow glen, taking in their surroundings for the first time.
The devil wears plaid
5
At last they reached a narrow glen, down which they rode into the main valley.
The Country Doctor
6
It issued in a narrow glen, between two mountains, both very lofty and covered with heath.
Waverley; Or, 'Tis Sixty Years Since — Volume 1
7
We found and took about half of them to the surface water up in the narrow glen.
Australia Twice Traversed / The Romance of Exploration, Being a ...
8
The grief proves but a narrow glen
Gleams of Sunshine: Optimistic Poems
9
My bare legs were weak and numbed with cold, and twilight was falling in the wild, narrow glen.
The World's Greatest Books — Volume 01 — Fiction
10
He took the lead and passed into a close and narrow glen between two precipitous faces of rock.
The Man-Wolf and Other Tales
11
It stands rather in a narrow glen than in a valley, and was commenced, it is supposed, about 1130.
A Walk from London to John O'Groat's / With Notes by the Way
12
The boy had forgotten that the moor just here was broken by a narrow glen, engrooved with sliding water.
Mary Anerley: A Yorkshire Tale
13
Making back on to a north-east course, they again struck the Fortescue, above the narrow glen which had stopped them.
The Explorers of Australia and their Life-work
14
Instead of a narrow glen, as my fancy had pictured, we were in a valley, several miles broad, covered with rich orchards and fertile fields.
Views A-foot; Or, Europe Seen with Knapsack and Staff
15
Here the mountain towers far above, and precipices of gray rock many hundred feet high hang over the narrowing glen.
Seeing Europe with Famous Authors, Volume 3 / France and the Net...
16
Here, the mountain towers far above, and precipices of grey rock, many hundred feet high, hang over the narrowing glen.
Views A-foot; Or, Europe Seen with Knapsack and Staff
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