rock face
Example Sentences
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El Capitan, with its 3,000-foot-tall rock face, isn’t one of the areas.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 23, 2026
A photogenic patch of Yosemite Valley, with the soaring rock face of El Capitan in the background, had become his personal TV studio.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 20, 2025
A hiker posted a video that showed the flow of water from Yuntai Mountain Waterfall - billed as China's tallest uninterrupted waterfall - was coming from a pipe built high into the rock face.
From BBC ● Jun. 6, 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
Two of the largest and oldest sphinxes were at the summit, scratching with their vast forepaws into the rock face, writing.
From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell
