Lexicographical Neighbors of Hillocked
Literary usage of Hillocked
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Library of the World's Best Literature: Ancient and Modern by Edward Cornelius Towne (1897)
"... three that rise above the waste of surfy sand and hillocked shore,— the
lighthouse for life, and the belfry for labor, and this for patience and praise. ..."
2. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1887)
"The wave lines cross each other, strengthen each other at some points, weaken
each other at others, and the surface has a ruffled, hillocked aspect. ..."
3. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History by American Museum of Natural History (1895)
"Here they have hillocked towns not unlike those of the Prairie Dogs. They can
often be seen sitting upright above their burrows. A single specimen was taken ..."
4. The Day of the Saxon by Homer Lea (1912)
"... hillocked with their dead; keeping their eyes constantly on those distant yet
defined horizons toward which they have been directed. ..."
5. Ruskin: A Study in Personality by Arthur Christopher Benson (1911)
"... three that rise above the waste of surfy sand and hillocked shore,—the lighthouse
for life, and the belfry for labour, and this for patience and praise. ..."
6. John Ruskin by Alice Christiana Thompson Meynell (1900)
"... three that rise above the waste of surfy sand and hillocked shore—the lighthouse
for life, and the belfry for labour, and this for patience and praise. ..."
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