"ancient" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- He forced all other thoughts out of his mind and kept pace with him in the shade of the ancient elms that closed out the sky above them.
- They had sat on the lawn shaded by the ancient elm trees, and had tea and cucumber sandwiches in the Terrace Room.
- Beacon Hill Village originated with a dozen civic-minded residents of this neighborhood of 19th-century gas lamps, red brick sidewalks and ancient elms.
- The Woodland Trust currently lists (2012) some 120 "ancient" smooth-leaved elms in England and Wales.
- Standing behind three torii gates in a wood with many ancient Japanese elms, it claims to have a 2400-year history.
- The voynix fell backward, clattering onto the roots of an ancient elm.
- And everywhere the trees, great and ancient elms that had stood since time forgotten, the sturdy sentinels of many generations.
- Down the street, he saw the old-fashioned courthouse, set back behind rows of ancient elms.
- Local legend has it that the ancient elm on top of the 'elm-don', now in Elmdon Park, was planted by Thomas Beckett.
- With a smile, the young secretary followed his example, seating himself at the foot of an ancient elm whose branches drooped nearly to the ground.
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