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veldt

[ UK /vˈɛlt/ ]
NOUN
  1. elevated open grassland in southern Africa

How To Use veldt In A Sentence

  • Negotiations, then, must not be unduly hurried while the veldt was a bare russet-coloured dust-swept plain. The War in South Africa Its Cause and Conduct
  • Before this weary conflict came to a close, nearly every Boer family was gathered in from the perils and privations of the war-wasted veldt; and so, while nearly 30,000 burghers were detained as prisoners of war at various points across the sea, their wives and children, to the number of over 100,000, were tenderly cared for in English laagers all along the line of rails or close to conveniently situated towns. With the Guards' Brigade from Bloemfontein to Koomati Poort and Back
  • The smallness of her universe melted away and she saw herself traveling — through exotic lands she so longed to see, to the coasts of the Mediterranean and the Adriatic seas, to the vast deserts of the African continent, where the lions sprawled among the trees, and elephants tromped the veldt. Second Chance
  • We are the injured wildebeest limping appetisingly on the veldt Archive 2008-01-20
  • The park has three distinct sections of lush green jungle and African-style veldt that look like they came straight out of a National Geographic documentary.
  • It broke from Hanuman's throat as it must have broken upon the grassy veldt of Afarique a million years ago. THE BROKEN GOD
  • The veldt, the rough track, a dozen more huts, his vehicle - nothing else. SOMEWHERE EAST OF LIFE
  • And then it was gone: giant, empyreal prisoner, and the light that had framed them, leaving behind only the veldt and the scandalized night. Carnivores of Light and Darkness
  • Of course you'll say there would be no traffic worth bothering about on the bare and sun-scorched veldt, but there's no other word that rhymes with maffick. Reginald
  • After going some miles, I was pleased to see the waggons turning off the slippery track on to the veldt and outspanning. A Yeoman's Letters Third Edition
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