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Noun
This time, of course, there would be heightened Secret Service protection, complete with drones and dogs to ferret out any potential assassins hiding out in the bushes or in a grassy knoll.—Peter Lucas, Boston Herald, 21 Sep. 2024 The next wave of snow could bring another 1-2 inches and accumulate on elevated areas, such as grassy knolls, bridges and overpasses.—Sarah Nelson, The Indianapolis Star, 21 Nov. 2024 In reality, the slant was just 25 degrees, but even a knoll seems formidable under the strain of psychic baggage.—Cody Cottier, Discover Magazine, 15 Oct. 2024 The knolls are crowned with scrub oak and the slopes are swept bare from a long-ago fire.—Roger Naylor, The Arizona Republic, 2 Aug. 2024 See all Example Sentences for knoll
Word History
Etymology
Noun
Middle English knol, from Old English cnoll; akin to Old Norse knollr mountaintop
Verb
Middle English, probably alteration of knellen to knell
First Known Use
Noun
before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above
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