Examples of moorland in a Sentence
an area of open moorland
We hiked across the moorlands.
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Covering roughly 260 kilometers from Glasgow to the west coast of Scotland, the West Highland Line is one of the most beautiful routes in the world, offering an ever-changing landscape of rugged mountains, mirror-like lochs, and remote moorlands.
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Taryn White, Travel + Leisure, 18 May 2026
It is inspired by a late afternoon walk on the beach, as the warm wind of Poniente blows across the moorland, carrying the aromas of Andalusian nature in summer.
—Daniel Scheffler, Forbes.com, 30 Apr. 2026
An obsession with the windy heath and wild heather moorlands of Yorkshire, where it was filmed.
—Andrea Bussell, Condé Nast Traveler, 5 Feb. 2026
Including the cultivation, rainforest, heather-moorland, alpine desert and the Arctic summit.
—Barbie Porter, Twin Cities, 18 Sep. 2025
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Taryn White, Travel + Leisure, 18 May 2026
It is inspired by a late afternoon walk on the beach, as the warm wind of Poniente blows across the moorland, carrying the aromas of Andalusian nature in summer.
—Daniel Scheffler, Forbes.com, 30 Apr. 2026
An obsession with the windy heath and wild heather moorlands of Yorkshire, where it was filmed.
—Andrea Bussell, Condé Nast Traveler, 5 Feb. 2026
Including the cultivation, rainforest, heather-moorland, alpine desert and the Arctic summit.
—Barbie Porter, Twin Cities, 18 Sep. 2025
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“Moorland.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/moorland. Accessed 22 May. 2026.
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moorland
noun
moor·land
ˈmu̇(ə)r-lənd 
-ˌland
: land consisting of moors
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