acclivity

Example Sentences

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The road running up the steep acclivity was of no great width—nothing resembling the broad macadamised “turnpike” of modern times.

From The White Gauntlet by Reid, Mayne

Beyond "Tanglewood" steeply rises an eminence whose bare acclivity Hawthorne often climbed with his family,—the "Bald Summit" where the Pringles listened to the tale of "The Chimera."

From Literary Shrines The Haunts of Some Famous American Authors by Wolfe, Theodore F. (Theodore Frelinghuysen)

Off we whirred, along conventional seaside roads, and up, from the flat ground whereon Clacton-on-Sea stands, climbing a sensible but not difficult acclivity until we had almost reached Great Holland.

From Through East Anglia in a Motor Car by Vincent, J. E. (James Edmund)

The moment they bounded up the steep acclivity they were safe, and the wearied horsemen turned again to the camp.

From The Second War with England, Vol. 2 of 2 by Headley, Joel Tyler

They rustled through the bushes without any attempt at concealment, scrambling up the acclivity with the use of both hands and feet.

From The River Motor Boat Boys on the St. Lawrence The Lost Channel by Gordon, Harry