as in canyon
an area of lowland between hills or mountains
the valley will be the first to flood if the river rises
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Recent Examples of valley
The 85-room resort sits in a valley inside the Payangan rainforest, about a 30-minute drive north of Ubud.
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Travel + Leisure Editors, Travel + Leisure, 16 Apr. 2025
There are 120 miles of nordic trails throughout the valley, all of which are groomed nightly.
—Graham Averill, Outside Online, 16 Apr. 2025
Unlike much of California’s coastal range, which runs north to south, the Purisima Hills and Santa Rosa Hills form a channel that allows the full force of the Pacific Ocean’s marine layer and ocean breezes to traverse the valley corridors.
—Paul Caputo, Forbes.com, 7 Apr. 2025
When camping in an open environment, select a campsite in a valley, ravine, or low region.
—Nc Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 7 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for valley
Travel + Leisure Editors, Travel + Leisure, 16 Apr. 2025
There are 120 miles of nordic trails throughout the valley, all of which are groomed nightly.
—Graham Averill, Outside Online, 16 Apr. 2025
Unlike much of California’s coastal range, which runs north to south, the Purisima Hills and Santa Rosa Hills form a channel that allows the full force of the Pacific Ocean’s marine layer and ocean breezes to traverse the valley corridors.
—Paul Caputo, Forbes.com, 7 Apr. 2025
When camping in an open environment, select a campsite in a valley, ravine, or low region.
—Nc Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 7 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for valley
Recent Examples of Synonyms for valley
Noun
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The indoor-outdoor flow and natural materials will nod to the surroundings, while a central lodge with 360 canyon views will act as a communal gathering space.—
Nicole Trilivas,
Forbes.com,
24 Apr. 2025
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The Gulf would become a shipping channel, with 900-foot tankers traversing its narrow deep-water canyons that great whales and other marine species have evolved over millions of years to depend on for food, communication, mating, shelter and safe passage.—
Joel Reynolds,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
22 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Bryce Canyon is a colorful maze of spires, cliffs and ravines eroded in soft rock and soil at the edge of a plateau.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
2 May 2025
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With just the right breeze and a little luck, a few of those tiny seeds will land in wet soil on the edge of a ravine and become the next generation.—
Susan Koch,
Chicago Tribune,
2 May 2025
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The Context The victims were in a bus, traveling from Shiv Khori temple to Katra, that veered off the road and plunged into a deep gorge after gunmen opened fire on the vehicle.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 Apr. 2025
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Explore Shepherdstown Blowing Rock, North Carolina Population: 1,397 For panoramic views of dense forests, snowy peaks, and a vast gorge, Blowing Rock is your spot.—
Tara Massouleh McCay,
Southern Living,
13 Apr. 2025
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One of the biggest temperate rainforests in the United States, the Hoh Rain Forest is worth visiting just for fantastical trails like the Hall of Mosses and Hoh River Trail that wind through peaceful glens of trees positively dripping with moss.—
Zoe Baillargeon,
Travel + Leisure,
20 Apr. 2025
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In terms of materials, Brown describes their creation as a result of her early success, pointing to 2002’s Figures in a Landscape 2, her six-foot by almost seven-foot painting that sends you back to one of Fragonard’s forest glens, with the female in the gaze of the lurking male.—
Robert Sullivan,
Vogue,
17 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Or maybe circumstances conspire to force Lizzie to send her own little John Dutton back, to be raised by Uncle Spencer and fall in love with the same forsaken hollow that stole her only love.—
Amanda Whiting,
Vulture,
6 Apr. 2025
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Think about contour sticks as painting on shadows, where the natural hollows of your face would be the canvas, and your contour stick the paintbrush.—
Conçetta Ciarlo,
Vogue,
31 Jan. 2025
Noun
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The 2021 Caldor Fire raced toward the South Lake Tahoe neighborhood of Christmas Valley, tucked in a secluded vale.—
CalMatters,
The Mercury News,
20 Mar. 2025
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The wind blew briskly over the glacier, and the vale echoed with the sound of frozen boulders crashing down the slopes.—
Carl Zimmer,
New York Times,
17 Feb. 2025
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Look at Georgie’s gorgeous kids and the lovely hills and dales of Wales.—
Brian Moylan,
Vulture,
29 Nov. 2024
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Look at Georgie’s gorgeous kids and the lovely hills and dales of Wales.—
Brian Moylan,
Vulture,
29 Nov. 2024
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“Valley.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/valley. Accessed 6 May. 2025.
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