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from The Century Dictionary.

  • Having hills: generally used in composition.

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  • I sat quietly while we drove toward our hotel through the chaotic hilled streets of San Jose after dark.

    Devin Galaudet: Waiting to Dance in Costa Rica Devin Galaudet 2010

  • I sat quietly while we drove toward our hotel through the chaotic hilled streets of San Jose after dark.

    Devin Galaudet: Waiting to Dance in Costa Rica Devin Galaudet 2010

  • Malachy's final pope, the 112th, about which he said: In the final persecution of the Holy Roman Church there will reign Peter the Roman who will feed his flock among many tribulations, after which in the seven hilled city the dreadful judge will judge all people.

    An Interview with Steve Berry about The Third Secret 2010

  • So headed to Black Mtn north of Craig, C0 and I side hilled the thick timber, as I could not walk straiht up, as had had a broken hip (pinned) 4 mths earlier and walking kinda difficult. (since then had both hips replaced, and walking is almost impossible, so sit a lot) Anyway, after about 3-4 hrs of stop and go, sitting a lot.

    A Savage Attack on Scopes 2008

  • Carlos spent the Mexican winter lying in the cool shade of a calabash tree on a rolling cactus-hilled breeding ranch in Tlaxcala where Hernando knew the owner, the famed Don Fausto Meza, well; as a favor to his friend and for his own sport, Hernando would often test the ranch's young bulls for bravery and form in the private sessions they call the tientas.

    Carlos The Impossible (Part 2) JTK Belle 2010

  • Soil slightly hilled around a spiraling path of stone serves as raised flower beds to help encourage drainage -- a critical element in xeric garden design, so that roots of dryness-loving plants don't sit in water.

    Giving Up On Grass 2010

  • Now, soil slightly hilled around a spiraling path of stone elevates flower beds to help encourage drainage

    Gardening Without a Sprinkler 2010

  • We start walking down the hilled driveway, faster and faster.

    One Night That Changes Everything Lauren Barnholdt 2010

  • He was born in 1918 in the Transkei, a beautiful, deeply impoverished, green-hilled region on the Indian Ocean coast which is the home of the Xhosaspeaking people.

    Nelson Mandela Freed 20 Years Ago: Where Were You When You Heard The News? 2010

  • He was born in 1918 in the Transkei, a beautiful, deeply impoverished, green-hilled region on the Indian Ocean coast which is the home of the Xhosaspeaking people.

    Nelson Mandela Freed 20 Years Ago: Where Were You When You Heard The News? 2010

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