Use "precipitous" in a sentence
1. A precipitous path led down the mountainside.
2. A precipitous path led the cliff.
3. Meryl's health started a precipitous decline.
4. A precipitous path led down the cliff.
5. Could there be a mountain more precipitous than this?
6. We have a precipitous climb to the peak.
7. But even Chinese executions have seen a precipitous fall.
8. The precipitous nature of the slide is also noteworthy.
9. Wanfeng ring inside out, xuan bi precipitous cliffs, ravines crossbar.
10. A few hundred steps down a gorge, then up the precipitous rock wall.
11. The town is perched on the edge of a steep, precipitous cliff.
12. The eastern and northern faces of the Rock are bare and precipitous.
13. From a precipitous height we looked at the town spread out below.
14. A blast of warm foetid air rose up from the precipitous staircase to greet us.
15. Precipitous peak height, halfway up the mountain, the cave in front of building
16. It is a very steep climb with breathtaking views and precipitous drop-offs.
17. 30 synonyms for Craggy: rocky, broken, rough, rugged, uneven, jagged, stony, precipitous, jaggy, rugged
18. Further round soared the precipitous south west rockface of Baruntse, flanked by its satellite range of peaks.
19. Between 1896 and 1914 the area under indigo and its exports had a precipitous fall .
20. Cirque, (French: “circle”), amphitheatre-shaped basin with precipitous walls, at the head of a glacial valley
21. The meeting, which seemed about to degenerate into physical violence, was brought to a precipitous end.
22. This wonderful diverse stretch of woodland clings tenaciously to the almost precipitous sides of the gorge.
23. Many roads zigzag up and down precipitous slopes, providing breathtaking views of what has been called Réunion’s terrifying beauty.
24. There were no drainage ditches here, the shoulders too abrupt, the slope too precipitous, to collect water.
25. The striking entrance from the Pacific Ocean is through two precipitous headlands—North Head and South Head.
26. The most alarming statistic was the state of the game before the advent of this precipitous decline.
27. Accessible by means of a narrow, twisting gorge and surrounded by precipitous sandstone cliffs, this plain is well protected.
28. The Tellsplatte lies at the base of the Axenberg mount, part of the precipitous east face of the Urner See.
29. Frequently, we saw Indian women climbing precipitous paths on the mountain slopes, spinning sheep’s wool as they walked.
30. The precipitous mountains of the Cordilleras are so steep that they could normally not be used for farming.
31. Looking back, the precipitous shreds of sheeting rain effectively sanctioned a cordon between himself and what had gone before.
32. If a bear suddenly appears, the goats head for precipitous ledges where the less agile predator can not follow.
33. The top graph on page 160 shows the precipitous decline in the number of people involved in awareness-driven initiatives.
34. Starting in 1970, there was a precipitous drop-off in the amount and extent and thickness of the Arctic ice cap.
35. On a rocky spur above it, New Tannegg Castle (built by about 1200) had to be abandoned before 1500, because it had partially collapsed down the precipitous cliff.
36. The treasury included 180,000 gold ryō coins Enomoto retrieved from Osaka Castle following Shōgun Tokugawa Yoshinobu's precipitous departure after the Battle of Toba–Fushimi in early 1868.
37. But now, the crystalloid has been detected two astronomical unit distances away from earth, and it is flying to the earth accurately with its precipitous unnatural orbit.
38. Located in a wide, natural amphitheater of the Moselle valley, the wine of the commune of Klüsserather Bruderschaft (confraternatity of Klüsserath) is deemed to be a classical, southward, precipitous vineyard.
39. To save his own life, David was forced to live in caves in the wilderness of En-gedi, where he had to climb precipitous and dangerous rocky passes.
40. Keynesians argue that Europe would grow if only policy were focused on generating aggregate demand; they blame precipitous fiscal consolidation and insufficiently aggressive monetary easing for the loss of momentum.
41. An acropolis ( Greek: Ακρόπολις; akros, akron, edge, extremity + polis, city; plural: Acropoleis or acropolises) is a settlement, especially a citadel, built upon an area of elevated ground—frequently a hill with precipitous sides, chosen for purposes of defense.
42. From akros or akron, "highest", "topmost", "outermost" and polis, "city"; plural in English: acropoles, Acropoleis or acropolises) is a settlement, especially a citadel, built upon an area of elevated ground - frequently a hill with precipitous sides, chosen
43. From akros or akron, "highest", "topmost", "outermost" and polis, "city"; plural in English: acropoles, acropoleis or Acropolises) is a settlement, especially a citadel, built upon an area of elevated ground - frequently a hill with precipitous sides, chosen
44. An acropolis (Greek: ἀκρόπολις; from akros or akron, "highest", "topmost", "outermost" and polis, "city"; plural in English: acropoles, Acropoleis oracropolises) is a settlement, especially a citadel, built upon an area of elevated ground (usually a hill with precipitous sides) chosen for defense.
45. "Alcaic Ode" O Thou, Holy Spirit of this stern place, what name soever pleases Thee (for surely it is no insignificant divinity that holds sway over untamed streams and ancient forests; and surely, too, we behold God nearer to us, a living presence, amid pathless steeps, wild mountain ridges and precipitous cliffs, and among roaring torrents
46. The Italian wars saw the end of the MAA (going to pike or Arquebuses for the major powers), the end of the big pike blocks, the last of the Heavy Cavalry/Knight charges, and the transition to mainly infantry armies with Arquebuses/muskets because of the precipitous drop in the cost of gunpowder, and the manufacturing ability to better cast the
47. An acropolis (Ancient Greek: ἀκρόπολις, akropolis; from akros (άκρος) or akron (άκρον), "highest, topmost, outermost" and polis (πόλις), "city"; plural in English: acropoles, Acropoleis or acropolises) was an ancient Greek settlement, especially a citadel, built upon an area of elevated ground—frequently a hill with precipitous sides, chosen for purposes of defense.
48. Abrupt (adj.) 1580s, "sudden, unceremonious, without notice," a figurative use from Latin Abruptus "broken off," also "precipitous, steep" (as a cliff), also "disconnected," past participle of abrumpere "break off," from ab "off, away from" (see ab-) + rumpere "to break," from a nasalized form of the PIE root *runp-"to snatch" (see corrupt (adj.))