GLADE in a Sentence

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For GLADE, below is one of 16 sentences:
On reaching the copse, Levin got out of the trap and led Oblonsky to a corner of a mossy, swampy glade, already quite free from snow.

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 Meanings and Examples of GLADE
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
glade
 n.  open passage through a wood; grassy open or cleared space in a forest; opening in the ice of rivers or lakes, or a place left unfrozen
Classic Sentence:
1  This second Eumaeus strode hastily down the forest glade, driving before him, with the assistance of Fangs, the whole herd of his inharmonious charge.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER I
2  The astonishment of Ivanhoe was beyond bounds, when he saw his master besprinkled with blood, and six or seven dead bodies lying around in the little glade in which the battle had taken place.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLI
3  We had broken suddenly into a lovely glade of greensward surrounded by ancient trees.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In IV. THE ADVENTURE OF THE SOLITARY CYCLIST
4  He found the troop in the glade, supping off the provisions exacted as contributions from the peasants; but his eye vainly sought Rita and Cucumetto among them.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 33. Roman Bandits.
5  He continued to follow the path to the glade; but, to his great surprise, Carlini arrived almost as soon as himself.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 33. Roman Bandits.
6  This glade was the one which was formerly called the Blaru-bottom.
Les Misérables 5 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 5: CHAPTER I—IN WHICH THE TREE WITH THE ZINC PLASTER APPEARS...
7  It was no small matter to reach that glade.
Les Misérables 5 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 5: CHAPTER I—IN WHICH THE TREE WITH THE ZINC PLASTER APPEARS...
8  On reaching the copse, Levin got out of the trap and led Oblonsky to a corner of a mossy, swampy glade, already quite free from snow.
Anna Karenina 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In PART 2: Chapter 15
9  Beyond the lawn, with its pyramidal pale-gold maples and velvety firs, sloped pastures dotted with cattle; and through a long glade the river widened like a lake under the silver light of September.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: Chapter 4
10  After going through the wood for about a mile and a half they came out on a glade where troops of Tuchkov's corps were stationed to defend the left flank.
War and Peace 4 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 10: CHAPTER XXIII
11  She led them down green glades into the heart of silence.
Between the Acts By Virginia Woolf
Context  Highlight   In Unit 3
12  The sun was setting upon one of the rich grassy glades of that forest, which we have mentioned in the beginning of the chapter.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER I
13  The daylight had dawned upon the glades of the oak forest.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXII.
14  Everybody was out of town, and I yearned for the glades of the New Forest or the shingle of Southsea.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In II. The Adventure of the Cardboard Box
15  It seemed a rustling covert leading to enchanted glades.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In V
Example Sentence:
1  In field trip, the family had their lunch in the glade.