downhill

Example Sentences

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The resulting floods tore through the landscape, carving deep channels as the water rushed downhill.

From Science Daily • May 15, 2026

"It's gone right downhill", Dave, who I speak to at a local pub, tells me about the area.

From BBC • May 1, 2026

Three years later, he aced No. 7 at Pebble Beach, the cliff-side hole that at 106 yards manages to be both stunning and treacherous because it’s so steeply downhill.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 12, 2026

For Bondi, it was all downhill from there.

From Salon • Apr. 3, 2026

Then we take a right and start following the river downhill, keeping away from the rushes at the water’s edge.

From "The Knife of Never Letting Go" by Patrick Ness