sheer drop
Example Sentences
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Outside Sacele, the icy track narrows to the width of a car as it climbs towards the villa, a sheer drop on one side.
From BBC ● Feb. 4, 2023
“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
One of them, the experienced guide and technician, Robert “Doc” Wright, slips and finds himself suspended precariously above a sheer drop.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 24, 2021
The company profited from the fracking boom but between Covid-19 and the sheer drop in the price of oil this spring it was highly leveraged and slashed expenses to remain solvent.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 20, 2020
The wildlings had built their watchfire in a shallow depression above the narrowest part of the pass, with a sheer drop below and rock behind to shelter them from the worst of the wind.
From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin
