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precipitously

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So precipitously had the guerrillas fled that except the severely wounded, few prisoners were taken.

On three sides, the cliffs rise so precipitously from the waves, that all access is impossible.

A few yards away, the hillside fell almost precipitously for perhaps a thousand feet to the tops of the pines below.

THE GOLD TRAILHAROLD BINDLOSS

In a tiny glade, with the mountain walls rising precipitously for hundreds of feet, Talpers halted and gave three shrill whistles.

MYSTERY RANCHARTHUR CHAPMAN

It was bounded by the high, white chalk cliffs, which descended precipitously to the sea.

From the rampart whereon they stood, a bluff face of rock descended precipitously towards the camp of the Assyrians.

SARCHEDONG. J. (GEORGE JOHN) WHYTE-MELVILLE

This town is picturesquely situated on the brow of a stupendous cliff, which descends precipitously into the Ottawa.

HUDSON BAYR.M. BALLANTYNE

This is a mile and a half across, and its terminal wall rises precipitously thirty-six hundred feet.

Now the grotto was a natural excavation in a high rock, which stood precipitously upright over the establishment of the baths.

LA MERE BAUCHEANTHONY TROLLOPE

The ground sloped outward for a distance at a gentle angle, then dropped precipitously many feet.

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OCTOBER 26, 1985