ben
a mountain or tall hill
How often you will meet it
Rank 2,291 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 7,608 times across 173,849 chapters — 0.004% of every word in the library.
What it means
noun
- a mountain or tall hill they were climbing the ben
ben in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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For the space of perhaps a minute Ben lay motionless.
Ben Blair The Story of a Plainsman · Will Lillibridge · Chapter 3
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Abou Ben Adhem, the great silver cat in her lap, blinked indifferently.
Gloria and Treeless Street · Annie Hamilton Donnell · Chapter 1
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Exceeding peace had made Ben Adhem bold; And to the presence in the room he said, “What writest thou?”
Poems Every Child Should Know · Mary E. (Mary Elizabeth) [Editor] Burt · Chapter 1
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His Fondlewife and Foresight are but faint portraits of common characters, and Ben is a forced and unnatural caricatura.
Essays on Wit No. 2 · Richard [Contributor] Flecknoe · Chapter 1
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But it was all right with the heathens, because they'd ben havin' a hard time an' was desp'rate abaout everything.
The Shadow over Innsmouth · H.P. Lovecraft · Chapter 1