6 sentences with 'mound'
Example sentences and phrases with the word mound and other words derived from it.
• « The Oseberg ship, a surviving Viking drakkar ship, was discovered in a Viking burial mound in Norway and is preserved in a dedicated museum in Oslo. »
• « Standing five metres high and eighteen metres in diameter, the Takamatsuzuka mound is located in a bamboo forest near the village of Asuka, south of Nara in central Japan. This Japanese area has ancient memories: it was an imperial residence between 600 and 700. »
• « The burial mound is not isolated, but is located among other burial mounds in a field of corn and mandarin oranges. »
• « I was the star pitcher on the team, and try as he might, my uncle-coach could never quite conceal his pleasure when I was on the mound. »
• « Of the six baseball games I pitched in, I didn't allow a hit in four, and I didn't allow more than one in two. And our team won when I wasn't on the mound, too. »
• « The city also contained 120 earthen mounds or pyramids, each of which dominated a particular neighbourhood and each of which was home to a leader who exercised authority over the surrounding area. The largest mound covered 15 acres. »