rock face

Example Sentences

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His treatment of the Troll Wall in Norway, Europe’s highest rock face and the cliff Sasha is scaling when the film commences, is a hallucination that turns the world upside down.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 23, 2026

Mr Harris was found on Wednesday under snow at the foot of a rock face on Carè Alto mountain near Trento.

From BBC • Jan. 11, 2025

Clinging for life to a cold steel cable, high on a nearly vertical rock face in the Sierra Nevada, the soles of my hiking shoes simply could not find traction.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 8, 2024

In 1972, the community of Naters blasted a path into a steep rock face to offer the herders and sheep an alternative way home.

From New York Times • Jan. 21, 2024

Ser Rodrik had sent Lharys scrambling up the rock face to watch the road white they took their rest.

From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin