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Noun
As the surfing continued, vendors set up booths on the grassy knoll just off the beach, Hodad’s sold burgers from a portable outdoor kitchen and skater dudes built ramps in the beach parking lot for the Sunday skateboarding competition.—Tony Le Calvez, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 May 2026 All the intricate meetings and rolling knolls, all the reliable critiques of the kids today, have left this former student in the ranking spirit.—Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 10 Apr. 2026 One of the stalking animals dashed from behind a knoll about 30 feet from the caribou, grabbed the animal’s flank, and hung on.—Frank Glaser, Outdoor Life, 1 Apr. 2026 We were taken by this delightful example of the compact two-door that was parked atop a knoll near the entrance to this year’s show, which combined a dazzling mint green paint job with wicker seating.—Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 9 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for knoll
Word History
Etymology
Noun
Middle English knol, from Old English cnoll; akin to Old Norse knollr mountaintop
Verb
Middle English, probably alteration of knellen to knell
First Known Use
Noun
before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above