acclivity

Example Sentences

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Beyond "Tanglewood" steeply rises an eminence whose bare acclivity Hawthorne often climbed with his family,—the "Bald Summit" where the Pringles listened to the tale of "The Chimera."

From Literary Shrines The Haunts of Some Famous American Authors by Wolfe, Theodore F. (Theodore Frelinghuysen)

What diversity of scene, as isle after isle, bold headland, lofty cliff, or wooded acclivity, meets the gaze!

From The Genius of Scotland or Sketches of Scottish Scenery, Literature and Religion by Turnbull, Robert

He had been able to see over it, only by standing back upon the sloping acclivity of the counterscarp.

From The White Gauntlet by Reid, Mayne

Two cyclists skimmed along the sluice-road, taking the next steep acclivity with all the rush they could get out of their headlong free wheel down the steeper, and somewhat dangerously winding, hill before.

From The Heath Hover Mystery by Mitford, Bertram

It extends about 2 m. along the river bank, occupying a slight acclivity which reaches its summit at Windmill Hill, whence extensive views are obtained of the river, with its windings and shipping.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 4 "Grasshopper" to "Greek Language" by Various