as in mountain
a small hill
a grassy knoll
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Recent Examples of knoll
Shots of Roger biking down idyllic Brooklyn streets, grassy knolls in Brooklyn parks and cozy coffee shops and bars on Brooklyn corners are abundant, but beyond that the borough’s depiction leaves viewers wanting.
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Morgan A. Grain, Essence, 28 Feb. 2025
The date’s house sat atop a knoll.
—Joseph O’Neill, The New Yorker, 23 Feb. 2025
In a video from February 2017, Bishop shows off the compound, pointing out fruit trees and a cluster of tents pitched on a knoll overlooking a green valley.
—David Peisner, Rolling Stone, 23 Feb. 2025
The car paused at the foot of the knoll while the garage door slowly rose, exposing a dark grotto.
—Joseph O’Neill, The New Yorker, 23 Feb. 2025
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Morgan A. Grain, Essence, 28 Feb. 2025
The date’s house sat atop a knoll.
—Joseph O’Neill, The New Yorker, 23 Feb. 2025
In a video from February 2017, Bishop shows off the compound, pointing out fruit trees and a cluster of tents pitched on a knoll overlooking a green valley.
—David Peisner, Rolling Stone, 23 Feb. 2025
The car paused at the foot of the knoll while the garage door slowly rose, exposing a dark grotto.
—Joseph O’Neill, The New Yorker, 23 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for knoll
Recent Examples of Synonyms for knoll
Noun
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Later in the evening, Hield picked Curry’s brain about the pros and cons of leaning into a small lineup or going more traditional, all to counter Adams, the New Zealand mountain in their way.—
Marcus Thompson II,
New York Times,
3 May 2025
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Interior valleys, mountains and deserts could see wind gusts of up to 35 mph.—
Summer Lin,
Los Angeles Times,
2 May 2025
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Just an hour away, in New Canaan, Connecticut, Philip Johnson stowed his private painting gallery beneath a hillock and shut it behind a steel door.—
Justin Davidson,
Curbed,
28 Apr. 2025
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Around them, the country seems no less fantastical—jagged outcrops of pale rock, rising from low brown hillocks.—
Anthony Lane,
New Yorker,
25 Apr. 2025
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Craters pitted the earth; hummocks rose and fell; downed trees jutted from slash heaps like the spars of shipwrecks.—
Ben Goldfarb,
Smithsonian Magazine,
13 Feb. 2024
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On that June evening, as the sun set, throwing billows of magenta clouds in the western sky, Heckscher saw ferns, grass-like sedges and hummocks of mosses, all signs of a healthy wetland.—
Madeline Bodin,
Smithsonian Magazine,
17 May 2023
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced Thursday that 18 suspects have been arrested for alleged arson amid the inferno, which has spread across more than 5,000 acres in the foothills of Jerusalem over the past two days.—
Tom O'Connor,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 May 2025
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However, this little city at the foothills of the Appalachians has been working hard to clean itself up.—
Iona Brannon,
Travel + Leisure,
28 Apr. 2025
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Newcastle’s next two games, at home against Chelsea and away to Arsenal, will also have a major say in how the final table looks.—
James McNicholas,
New York Times,
9 May 2025
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Seated at a table before the altar, scrutineer 1 opens a ballot, notes the name, and passes it on to scrutineer 2.—
Katie Primm,
NBC news,
9 May 2025
Noun
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Arid uplands and ephemeral wetlands host an exceptional array of life, from 13 species of frogs and more than 140 reptiles to 325 bird species like mulga parrots and nankeen kestrels.—
Scott Travers,
Forbes.com,
28 Apr. 2025
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Instructors will focus on coastal, estuarine, and uplands habitats; coastal plants; and marine invertebrates, birds, mammals, reptiles, and fish.—
Joe Rassel,
Orlando Sentinel,
19 Mar. 2025
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Rum, specifically Ron Libertad—distilled in the highlands of Chiapas in partnership with eight local families—honors the heritage of the local indigenous population.—
Ximena N. Beltran Quan Kiu,
Bon Appétit,
18 Feb. 2025
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Crafted in the highlands of Jalisco by Maestra Tequilera Ana María Romero, one of Mexico’s most trusted, respected and awarded tequila authorities, produces a line of premium tequilas that includes blanco, reposado, añejo and cristalino.—
Claudia Alarcón,
Forbes.com,
10 Apr. 2025
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Simplicity is key to the design team's approach to the model; its windows crank and there are climate control knobs.—
Eileen Falkenberg-Hull,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 May 2025
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Gi-hun twists the knob of a giant gumball machine that dispenses red and blue balls.—
Esther Kang,
People.com,
5 May 2025
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“Knoll.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/knoll. Accessed 15 May. 2025.
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