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Example sentences for "acclivities"

Lexicographically close words:
acclimatise; acclimatised; acclimatization; acclimatize; acclimatized; acclivity; acco; accolade; accommodate; accommodated
  1. A review day in Hyde Park, Aldershot, or in the undulated and picturesque Phoenix Park, at Dublin, could not present a more orderly and trim appearance than this magnificent line of British soldiers, drawn up before the acclivities of Aliwal.

  2. The great trial of strength on the banks and steep acclivities of "the Black River" was destined to occur in August.

  3. The truth is, that the pine is now, as it was in the days of Virgil, a garden tree, and it was not at all likely to be found in the craggy acclivities of the valley of Rustica.

  4. Nevertheless, man and beast may well have welcomed the hour when the craggy acclivities of that lonely range became so near that they seemed to loom above their heads.

  5. Along the sides of these acclivities extend long, level lines and furrows, marks of where the ocean flowed ages ago.

  6. Up to this time I had imagined that the acclivities in the north of England and in Scotland were mountains.

  7. A few miles to the south-east of Wilmot Horton River the cliffs are six hundred feet high, and present acclivities having an inclination of from thirty to sixty degrees, formed of weathered slate-clay.

  8. The eastern sides of the ridges present a succession of wall-sided precipices, having beneath them shelving acclivities formed by debris, and exhibiting on their faces regular lines of stratification.

  9. The sandstone predominates in some parts of the range, forming small cliffs, underneath which there are steep acclivities of sand.

  10. The hills are composed of gneiss, but their acclivities are covered with a coarse gravelly soil.

  11. On the borders of such of these lakes as communicate with the Copper-Mine River, there are a few groves of spruce-trees, generally growing on accumulations of sand, on the acclivities of the hills.

  12. When this material is wanting, the rein-deer lichen and other mosses that grow in profusion on the gravelly acclivities of the hills are used as substitutes.

  13. It was midnight-all was silent as they hurried through the glen, as they ascended with flying footsteps the steep acclivities that led to the cliffs which overhung the vale of Ellerslie.

  14. A little onward, a thousand massy fragments, rent by former tempests from their parent cliffs, lay at the foundations of the immense acclivities which faced the cause of their present alarm-a whirlpool almost as terrific as that of Scarba.

  15. In travelling over rough passes and steep acclivities great attention should be paid to the application of proper break power to the wheels.

  16. When distances are measured by pacing or riding a correction is necessary, owing to the lengthening caused by acclivities and the turnings of roads.

  17. How much steeper the acclivities were than they had seemed to be when I came down!

  18. One of the first birds met with on these unpromising acclivities was the spurred towhee of the Rockies.

  19. In many places from nine to eleven thousand feet up the acclivities of the mountains they were seen flitting among the pines or the quaking asps.

  20. In the plains, however, and in the sheltered acclivities of mountains, this circumstance is less observable.

  21. Fascinating, full of perilous acclivities and sudden treacherous descents, this most brilliant of preludes is Chopin in riotous spirits.

  22. Like Piranesi's marvellous aerial architectural dreams, these dizzy acclivities and descents of Chopin exercise a charm, hypnotic, if you will, for eye as well as ear.

  23. The escarpment of this boulevard, whose platform was on the level of the castle ditch, rose but slightly above the acclivities (about twelve feet).

  24. Would the interior acclivities of the crater be practicable?

  25. Happily these acclivities wound up the interior of the volcano and favored their ascent.

  26. The roofs of the edifice were not yet visible, and we continued some time winding about the undulating acclivities in the park before they were discovered.


  27. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "acclivities" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.