downhill
Example Sentences
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From Curiosity's position, the panorama looks downhill toward the crater floor, while the distant rim of Gale Crater is only faintly visible along the horizon.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 30, 2026
It holds huge amounts of water, slowing rain as it moves downhill, reducing flooding and filtering out sediment before it reaches the reservoir.
From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026
On the last day, we rode downhill to the Mississippi, where waves of happy cyclists performed one last ritual, dipping their wheels in the river.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 6, 2026
That mass of rock and ice plunged about 800 metres onto a debris-covered glacier, before surging downhill, briefly damming the Lhende River.
From Barron's ● Sep. 4, 2026
It dropped downhill, toward the woods, and I could make out the auto beside the road.
From "The Sound and the Fury" by William Faulkner
