as in mountain
a small hill
a grassy knoll
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Recent Examples of knoll
My Spanish-style duplex sat perched on a knoll just below the Griffith Observatory.
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Literary Hub, 18 Sep. 2025
The widow’s house has become our grassy knoll.
—Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2025
Another location seems more likely, a mansion on a secluded knoll in Bloomfield Hills.
—Eric Shawn, FOXNews.com, 26 July 2025
The house sits on a knoll on the western shore of the freshwater/saltwater lagoon.
—Mary Forgione, Forbes.com, 14 July 2025
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Literary Hub, 18 Sep. 2025
The widow’s house has become our grassy knoll.
—Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2025
Another location seems more likely, a mansion on a secluded knoll in Bloomfield Hills.
—Eric Shawn, FOXNews.com, 26 July 2025
The house sits on a knoll on the western shore of the freshwater/saltwater lagoon.
—Mary Forgione, Forbes.com, 14 July 2025
See All Example Sentences for knoll
Recent Examples of Synonyms for knoll
Noun
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But Smith’s international bona fides aren’t limited to the mountain.—
Idaho Statesman,
Idaho Statesman,
7 Jan. 2026
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Strongest winds will occur on the eastern slopes of the San Bernardino mountains.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
7 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Take, for example, a bowl of artichoke purée poured around a hillock of tender Jonah crab.—
Helen Rosner,
New Yorker,
11 Jan. 2026
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Terrazzo slabs of terrine with good brown bread and a hillock of cornichons.—
The Bon Appétit Staff,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
12 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Craters pitted the earth; hummocks rose and fell; downed trees jutted from slash heaps like the spars of shipwrecks.—
Ben Goldfarb,
Smithsonian Magazine,
13 Feb. 2024
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Its hummock was part of a wetland spiked with tamarack saplings and carpeted with wild cranberries.—
Paul A. Smith,
Journal Sentinel,
14 Aug. 2022
Noun
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Denise’s family was out on a foothill in a large, modern ranch house.—
Rachel Kushner,
New Yorker,
14 Sep. 2025
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The Shooting The shooting began shortly after 12:30 p.m. at Evergreen High School, about 30 miles west of Denver in the foothills of Jefferson County.—
Robert Alexander,
MSNBC Newsweek,
11 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Over the course of the hour-long runtime, all the girls bring their lingering tensions and disagreements to the table and air everything out.—
Shamira Ibrahim,
Vulture,
10 Nov. 2025
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Phoenix's oldest dive bars still going strong Nothing beats a classic dive, complete with cheap drinks, pool tables and a jukebox.—
Arizona Republic,
AZCentral.com,
9 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Massive cypress trees and upland hardwood forests frame a landscape shaped by sinkholes and an extensive cave system—more than five miles mapped so far—that earned the park National Natural Landmark status.—
Carrie Honaker,
Travel + Leisure,
27 Dec. 2025
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Key features include a restoration of the river bluff and reintroduction of native plant species, including oak savanna and upland prairie.—
Aki Nace,
CBS News,
17 Nov. 2025
Noun
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The Napo is home to small communities of Kichwa people, whose ancestors came down from the Andean highlands centuries ago.—
Stanley Stewart,
Travel + Leisure,
10 Jan. 2026
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The shallow freshwater coursed lazily among the sawgrass, the water stretching from the Atlantic Coastal Ridge to the east to the highlands of what is now part of the Big Cypress National Preserve to the west.—
Amy Green,
Miami Herald,
9 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Two bills returned into Rafiq’s hand upon his pointing out that the wood panelling on the side of the radio was scratched and that the knob felt rather flimsy.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
8 Jan. 2026
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Slip off the control knobs and wash with hot, soapy water.—
Mary Marlowe Leverette,
The Spruce,
8 Jan. 2026
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“Knoll.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/knoll. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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