sheer drop
Example Sentences
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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
“It was a sheer drop, almost 90 degree drop. We were all young. We rappelled down to the ice on the glacier,” Nafziger said.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 29, 2021
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
On the other side was a sheer drop.
From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong
