wady
Americannoun
plural
wadiesExample Sentences
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He would have liked to steal along the bank of the wady, and watch the stages in the enemy's progress; but he contained himself, and tried to emulate the stillness of his friend the chief.
From Carry On! A Story of the Fight for Bagdad by Strang, Herbert
Burnet came to the conclusion that they intended to draw the aeroplane to a wady somewhere to the north, float it there, perhaps on an extemporised raft, and so convey it to the river.
From Carry On! A Story of the Fight for Bagdad by Strang, Herbert
At a short distance from the wady the ground was firmer than it had been farther west, and more suitable for the haulage of the aeroplane.
From Carry On! A Story of the Fight for Bagdad by Strang, Herbert
Out yonder where we passed to-day the land lay lower, and there was the trace of a wady, one of those irregular valleys which doubtless ran towards the Nile.
From In the Mahdi's Grasp by Speed, Lancelot
That will make our force nearly equal to theirs, and we might defend this wady, though I doubt it, but I am sure that they would beat us easily in the desert.
From The Dash for Khartoum A Tale of Nile Expedition by Nash, Joseph
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