glen

[US]/glen/
[UK]/ɡlɛn/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. a narrow valley, especially one with a stream running through it.

Phrases & Collocations

lush glen

quiet glen

wooded glen

Example Sentences

Glen was a natural-born sailor.

the woods and braky glens- William Browne.

the Coast Road offers easy access to the Nine Glens of Antrim.

Glen Gabbard, director of the psychiatric clinic at Baylor College of Medicine in Texas, studied hundreds of fictional film psychiatrists to co-write the book “Psychiatry and the Cinema”.

LOS ANGELES - Among the several motivational ploys used by coach Phil Jackson was a pre-game screening of Alec Baldwin's famous speech from "Glengarry Glen Ross.

Real-world Examples

He opened the gate, passed through it, and strayed away down the glen.

Source: Jane Eyre (Original Version)

The mountains are the most arresting feature of the glen.

Source: Langman OCLM-01 words

The glen and sky spun round: the hills heaved!

Source: Jane Eyre (Original Version)

Hey, glen may have bored you, but the years we had a father in that house were the happiest of my life.

Source: Desperate Housewives Season 4

There are no shady forests, no damp glens, at all like those lying at the same elevations in the Coast Mountains.

Source: The Mountains of California (Part 2)

I beg your pardon? - Throwing over my lady, when she's been running this village since you were eating porridge in the glen with your mummy.

Source: Downton Abbey (Audio Version) Season 6

And this shout out goes to the Patriots at Orange Glen High School in Escondido, California, rise up, going out and make a marvelous moment this magnificent Monday.

Source: CNN 10 Student English of the Month

At last Don Delaney comes doon the lang glen—hunger vanishes, we turn our eyes to the mountains, and to-morrow we go climbing toward cloudland.

Source: Summer walks through the mountains.

Called moly by the gods, it's described as being found in a forest glen, black at the root and with a flower as white as milk.

Source: TED-Ed (video version)

Pattern examples for a sport coat might be something like a glen check or prince of wales check and a textured weave like tweed would also be a good choice.

Source: Gentleman's Dressing Guide

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