- plural of mountain.
mountains
Example Sentences
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Scientists surveying underwater mountains off Costa Rica have identified a remarkable new coral that is unlike any known coral family.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 8, 2026
Not much rain is expected — perhaps one-quarter to three-quarters of an inch, with mountains getting a bit more.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2026
The Doubs river rises in the French Jura mountains and normally forms a lake at Les Brenets, where it begins to mark the border between France's Franche-Comte region and Switzerland's Neuchatel canton.
From Barron's ● Oct. 4, 2026
Of course, four days in the mountains can’t reverse the biology of hormonal shifts.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
Some time before, a flash flood had come roaring down from the mountains.
From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver
