KNOLL in a Sentence

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49 example sentences for KNOLL, such as:

1. Come along with me to our knoll.
2. He meant to fortify that knoll quite differently, but.
3. Two officers were standing on the knoll, directing the men.
4. Pierre pointed to a knoll on the left, near which some troops could be seen.
5. This redoubt consisted of a knoll, on three sides of which trenches had been dug.

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 Meanings and Examples of KNOLL
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
knoll
 n.  small rounded hill or mound; top or crown of hill
Classic Sentence: (48 in 4 pages)
1  To the left he saw a sloping descent lit up, and facing it a black knoll that seemed as steep as a wall.
War and Peace 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 3: CHAPTER XIII
2  I saw them this evening on that knoll; if they had retreated they would have withdrawn from that too.
War and Peace 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 3: CHAPTER XIII
3  Two officers were standing on the knoll, directing the men.
War and Peace 4 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 10: CHAPTER XX
4  Pierre stepped out of his carriage and, passing the toiling militiamen, ascended the knoll from which, according to the doctor, the battlefield could be seen.
War and Peace 4 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 10: CHAPTER XXI
5  From above on the left, bisecting that amphitheater, wound the Smolensk highroad, passing through a village with a white church some five hundred paces in front of the knoll and below it.
War and Peace 4 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 10: CHAPTER XXI
6  Pierre pointed to a knoll on the left, near which some troops could be seen.
War and Peace 4 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 10: CHAPTER XXI
7  Pierre pointed to another knoll in the distance with a big tree on it, near a village that lay in a hollow where also some campfires were smoking and something black was visible.
War and Peace 4 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 10: CHAPTER XXI
8  He meant to fortify that knoll quite differently, but.
War and Peace 4 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 10: CHAPTER XXII
9  They rode across that bridge into the village of Borodino and thence turned to the left, passing an enormous number of troops and guns, and came to a high knoll where militiamen were digging.
War and Peace 4 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 10: CHAPTER XXIII
10  Telling the groom to follow him with the horses, Pierre went down the street to the knoll from which he had looked at the field of battle the day before.
War and Peace 4 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 10: CHAPTER XXX
11  Mounting the steps to the knoll Pierre looked at the scene before him, spellbound by beauty.
War and Peace 4 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 10: CHAPTER XXX
12  Having received this order the general passed by Pierre on his way down the knoll.
War and Peace 4 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 10: CHAPTER XXX
13  Come along with me to our knoll.
War and Peace 4 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 10: CHAPTER XXXI
14  This redoubt consisted of a knoll, on three sides of which trenches had been dug.
War and Peace 4 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 10: CHAPTER XXXI
15  In line with the knoll on both sides stood other guns which also fired incessantly.
War and Peace 4 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 10: CHAPTER XXXI
Example Sentence:
1  Robert's grave is on a knoll in Samoa; to reach the grave site, you must climb uphill and walk a short distance along a marked path.