Synonyms for vale

Grammar : Noun

Spell : veyl

Phonetic Transcription : veɪl

Définition of vale

Origin : river-land between two ranges of hills, c.1300, from Old French val "valley," from Latin vallem (nominative vallis, valles) "valley." Vale of years "old age" is from "Othello." Vale of tears "this world as a place of trouble" is attested from 1550s.

noun valley

Example sentences :

A gift from one who is legging it out of this vale of tears.
Extract from : « The Devil's Dictionary » by Ambrose Bierce

The eye could not pierce beyond them, and the imagination was in a manner embosomed in the vale.
Extract from : « Imogen » by William Godwin

The vale of Tempe, Tivoli and Rome are earth and water, rocks and sky.
Extract from : « Essays, First Series » by Ralph Waldo Emerson

Above this line, on the sides of the vale, everything is bare and brown and dry.
Extract from : « Out-of-Doors in the Holy Land » by Henry Van Dyke

Yes, that is our dream: to turn all earth into the Vale of Ajalon at our pleasure.
Extract from : « With The Night Mail » by Rudyard Kipling

One more cross for poor Tona to drag through this vale of tears!
Extract from : « Mayflower (Flor de mayo) » by Vicente Blasco Ibez

Far in a vale to the left a cock crew, and was answered from across a stream.
Extract from : « The Long Roll » by Mary Johnston

For I will into the vale of Avilion, to heal me of my grievous wound.
Extract from : « Stories of King Arthur and His Knights » by U. Waldo Cutler

The spot chosen for the ceremony was a knoll in the centre of the vale.
Extract from : « Memoirs of the Jacobites of 1715 and 1745 » by Mrs. Thomson

Never forget at any moment of your existence to regard it in the light of a vale.
Extract from : « The Napoleon of Notting Hill » by Gilbert K. Chesterton

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