mountainous
Example Sentences
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The underlying work has a mountainous landscape in the style of hit television painter Bob Ross.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026
A meticulously detailed log with windows, for instance, or a car that seems to balance natural, mountainous wonders on its back.
From Los Angeles Times • May 20, 2026
It could have been in a mountainous region in Patagonia, he said, perhaps in the provinces of Chubut, Neuquén or Río Negro.
From BBC • May 10, 2026
Hantavirus is present around the world, and most at risk are people who come into contact with the droppings, urine or saliva of an infected rodent, usually in rural or mountainous areas.
From MarketWatch • May 5, 2026
Who would have dreamed, though, that the easily willed minutiae of their daily actions could amass so — solidifying, mountainous, beyond their control?
From "Typical American" by Gish Jen
Vocabulary lists containing mountainous
South America - Middle School
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Eastern Europe - Introductory
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East Asia - Middle School
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