acclivity

Example Sentences

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When the advanced trenches of the enemy started, volleys came also from the ridge of the acclivity leading from the river-bed to the emplacement of the nine-pounder Krupp.

From The Siege of Mafeking (1900) by Hamilton, J. Angus

He had been able to see over it, only by standing back upon the sloping acclivity of the counterscarp.

From The White Gauntlet by Reid, Mayne

But most of all I admired the countless villas, covering every hill and every acclivity as far as the eye can reach, as if the city extended beyond the mountains into the far distance.

From Letters of Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy from Italy and Switzerland by Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Felix

It extends about 2 m. along the river bank, occupying a slight acclivity which reaches its summit at Windmill Hill, whence extensive views are obtained of the river, with its windings and shipping.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 4 "Grasshopper" to "Greek Language" by Various

Their horses were not Saladins, and the best of them had become blown in their gallop against the steep acclivity more than a mile in length.

From No Quarter! by Reid, Mayne