acclivity

Example Sentences

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In the rear was a narrow pass, with a steep acclivity on either side.

From Legends of The Kaw The Folk-Lore of the Indians of the Kansas River Valley by Voe, Carrie de

The steep cliff on the right was also scaled, several rifle sub-divisions of the 49th climbed the acclivity up to La Cluse, and the Colberg Grenadiers advanced to the foot of Fort Neuv.

From The Franco-German War of 1870-71 by Helmuth, Count

She sate negligently in her saddle—the undulating outlines of her majestic form rendered more conspicuous by the movements of her palfrey, as it strained up the acclivity of the hill.

From The White Gauntlet by Reid, Mayne

Their horses were not Saladins, and the best of them had become blown in their gallop against the steep acclivity more than a mile in length.

From No Quarter! by Reid, Mayne

With beating heart and throbbing pulse, Newbold himself bounded up the acclivity after the stranger, marking as he did so evidences of the other's prior ascent.

From The Chalice Of Courage A Romance of Colorado by Brady, Cyrus Townsend