How to Use glade in a Sentence

glade

noun
  • The steep trail to reach the colony ran out at a green, sun-baked glade sheltered by fir trees.
    — Chloe Berge, AFAR Media, 14 Mar. 2025
  • All are quiet mountain trails and some of the best glades run through the tall trees.
    — Jessica Chapel, Condé Nast Traveler, 1 Nov. 2024
  • Across the glade a chorus of bleats drifts from a crumbling hut, shaped from thatch and earth.
    — The Economist, 18 July 2019
  • The camp surrounds a sprawling forest glade that floods in the rainy season.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 May 2026
  • Japanese cedar trees, their bark the color of a fake tan, form a pretty glade around the shore.
    — Trish Lorenz, Condé Nast Traveler, 19 Nov. 2019
  • Few things are as rejuvenating as a walk through a quiet glade of trees.
    — The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 12 Sep. 2025
  • Then as now, the shelter was a lean-to perched high on concrete pilings in a glade hemmed by a curving brook.
    — Outside Online, 5 Nov. 2018
  • The resort will also offer glade skiing through trees and some cliff drops for experts.
    — Brian E. Clark, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 6 Dec. 2019
  • There are steep glades, cliffs to drop and a myriad of easier terrain for skiers of all stripes.
    — Brian Irwin, BostonGlobe.com, 14 Mar. 2018
  • One large hunk of granite stands upright like a scholar’s rock, a miniature mountain in the glade.
    — Curbed, 13 Nov. 2022
  • The trail starts in a glade, crosses a bridge over a creek, then emerges into alpine pasture and scree surrounded by high peaks.
    — William Finnegan, New Yorker, 29 June 2026
  • Upon her death, Act 2 transports us to a forest glade, Giselle’s gravesite.
    — Lauren Warnecke, chicagotribune.com, 19 Oct. 2017
  • Traverse to your left off the top, and the cliffs, chutes, and glades of Sentinel Bowl get the heart pumping.
    — Drew Zieff, Outside, 21 Nov. 2025
  • On the one hand, winter brings fresh powder, steep descents, and the chance to traverse beautiful glades.
    — Graham Averill, Outside, 16 Jan. 2026
  • There are 81 trails, slopes and glades at Jay Peak, according to its website.
    — Ashlyn Messier, Fox News, 21 Nov. 2024
  • The glade has mysteriously emptied of wildlife just before a highway is set to be built straight through it.
    — David Sims, The Atlantic, 26 Mar. 2026
  • For lunch, in a green glade at the foot of red-rock cliffs, Battista and I were joined by his son, Judah.
    — Jonathan Franzen, The New Yorker, 25 Dec. 2023
  • Acres of Ohio horsemint, pale leafcup, leafy prairie clover and glade quillwort now thrive on land that once was a forest of prickly buckthorn.
    — Susan Demar Lafferty, Daily Southtown, 10 Aug. 2017
  • Almost immediately, 600 yards away, a large bull strolled out of a spruce glade.
    — Susan Casey, Field & Stream, 6 Dec. 2020
  • If trees and powder are your speed, the glades within Whistler’s Symphony area are heaven on earth.
    — Brent Rose, Condé Nast Traveler, 3 Nov. 2022
  • If trees and powder are your speed, the glades within Whistler’s Symphony area are heaven on earth.
    — Brent Rose, Condé Nast Traveler, 3 Nov. 2022
  • Braintree Mountain Forest is one of Vermont’s best glade zones.
    — David Goodman, BostonGlobe.com, 14 Jan. 2021
  • That could mean a stand of pines, a glade near a creek, or anywhere moss grows, which usually indicates the right balance of shade and moisture.
    — Natalie Krebs, Outdoor Life, 15 May 2024
  • That could mean a stand of pines, a glade near a creek, or anywhere moss grows, which usually indicates the right balance of shade and moisture.
    — Natalie Krebs, Outdoor Life, 25 Mar. 2026
  • The trio then suspends a 4-pound charge from a bamboo stake, leaving it about a meter above the snowpack in an open glade of old-growth timber.
    — Jason Blevins, The Denver Post, 12 Jan. 2017
  • There are at least shades of that here, with herds of Brachiosaurs feeding alongside rivers and amidst leafy glades while horns and strings tickle our emotions.
    — Jordan Crucchiola, WIRED, 25 Nov. 2014
  • There are rolling lawns and woodsy glades for picnickers, a play structure for tots, and pickleball courts, where the thwock of wiffleballs wafts through the air.
    — Jackie Burrell, The Mercury News, 17 June 2024
  • More advanced skiers can head for the fun, mellow glades off the black-diamond Dark Side of the Moon, from the top.
    — Graham Averill, Outside Online, 9 Dec. 2024
  • The terrain favors glades and varied pitches, and the compact base keeps logistics simple.
    — Caroline Tell, CNN Money, 25 Feb. 2026
  • After a day of exploring the bowls or hitting the glades, the combination of the spicy green chili — with a glizzy — is truly unmatched.
    — Lizzy Rosenberg, Outside Online, 19 Jan. 2025

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