incline

Example Sentences

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In other words, investors may find it a lot more difficult to keep up if the incline gets steeper and steeper.

From Barron's • Mar. 21, 2026

I’m doing heavy resistance training, or I’m doing incline walking.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 16, 2026

Cardio is different forms of interval running four days a week, and then walking on the treadmill on a steep incline two days a week.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 5, 2026

The inquest heard it was not possible to know whether the campervan's handbrake had been left off before it rolled down the steep incline.

From BBC • Nov. 11, 2025

As the incline began in earnest I saw three cars pulled off near the ditch.

From "Educated" by Tara Westover