sheer drop
Example Sentences
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Outside Sacele, the icy track narrows to the width of a car as it climbs towards the villa, a sheer drop on one side.
From BBC ● Feb. 4, 2023
The glacier straddles the ridge between two mountains, creating a gushing waterfall with a sheer drop into the lagoon below.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 15, 2022
The company profited from the fracking boom but between Covid-19 and the sheer drop in the price of oil this spring it was highly leveraged and slashed expenses to remain solvent.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 20, 2020
I crawled up it and found a sheer drop facing the inaccessible summit.
From The New Yorker ● Dec. 16, 2019
The track snaked around the side of a mountain with a sheer drop to the right.
From "Stormbreaker" by Anthony Horowitz
