Dens
[denz]
Examples
- Who can follow an animal which can traverse the sea of ice, and inhabit caves and dens, where no man would venture to intrude? Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- The actual world at their feet was veiling itself in dimness, and across the valley a clear moon rose in the denser blue. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- The atmosphere was much denser then, usually great cloud masses obscured the sun, frequent storms darkened the heavens. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The elements of a denser kind would, accord ing to the law of gravitation, attract matter of less specific gravity. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- She was excessively pale, and her pallor made her dark hair seem denser and heavier than ever. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- The African forests were denser then, and spread eastward and northward from the Upper Nile. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
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