| The oldest settlements in Northern Germany and Denmark lie on geest, since it provided better protection against storm floods. |
| He took the geest gun from his pocket, hefted it in his hand. |
| They are almost always next to flat marshlands, the geest being higher and better protected against flood but, compared to the marsh, with poor soil for agriculture. |
| Where the geest borders the sea directly, sand cliffs exist. |
| There are a hundred more likely ways in which a geest gun could have got to Roye. |
| Phil shrugged, turned towards the cliff edge, drew his arm back and hurled the geest gun far up and out above the sea. |
