sheer drop

Example Sentences

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While it’s mostly a sheer drop from the U.N. grounds to the water, there’s a Coast Guard cutter capable of breaking ice that’s moored at a makeshift dock.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 21, 2022

The glacier straddles the ridge between two mountains, creating a gushing waterfall with a sheer drop into the lagoon below.

From Washington Post • Jul. 15, 2022

I crawled up it and found a sheer drop facing the inaccessible summit.

From The New Yorker • Dec. 16, 2019

Now, there is sheer drop of about 10m from the top of the bank to the riverbed.

From BBC • Sep. 2, 2017

It seemed at first there was a sheer drop down to the sands, but once you leant over the rail, you could see zigzagging footpaths leading you down the cliff-face to the seafront.

From "Never Let Me Go" by Kazuo Ishiguro