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- noun Plural form of
knoll . - verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
knoll .
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Examples
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Beyond the knolls were the northeast suburbs, built upon as flat land as any the town afforded, and farther on stretched rolling prairie, picturesquely beautiful.
The Widow O'Callaghan's Boys Gulielma Zollinger
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On the southeast shoulder of one of the knolls is a fragment of a circular wall which was originally 12 feet in diameter.
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It runs east and west, opening on the eastern side of the channel; but the knolls, that is to say, the rounded surfaces at its entrance, are furrowed across the cove, at right angles with it.
Louis Agassiz His Life and Correspondence Agassiz, Louis 1885
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On the southeast shoulder of one of the knolls is a fragment of a circular wall which was originally 12 feet in diameter.
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Beyond the breastworks upon the knolls are the farm-houses of Mr. Lewis and Mr.. Henry.
My Days and Nights on the Battle-Field Charles Carleton Coffin 1859
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It runs east and west, opening on the eastern side of the channel; but the knolls, that is to say, the rounded surfaces at its entrance, are furrowed across the cove, at right angles with it.
Louis Agassiz: His Life and Correspondence Louis Agassiz 1840
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"knolls," between which were many deep puddles of water, -- fresh water: we drank from one.
Left on Labrador or, The cruise of the Schooner-yacht 'Curlew.' as Recorded by 'Wash.' 1887
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As the first act on stage, the grass fields and sun-scorched knolls were always only half full as we began our set.
Fallin’ Up Steve Dennis 2011
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On every hand were tall wooded knolls, a group of them, with all the seeming of having been flung there from some careless Titan's hand.
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The Great Earthquake of 2368 A.D. broke off the side of one of these knolls and toppled it into the hole where the Everhards made their refuge.
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