butte

Example Sentences

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Gone were the photographers who climbed the butte overlooking the practice facility — known as Shohei Mountain — to get aerial shots of Ohtani’s arrival.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 25, 2024

An Oregon butte unfortunately titled “Swastika Mountain” will be getting a new name in the near future.

From Washington Times • Aug. 24, 2022

In Washington, these include lakes in Pierce, Skamania, Chelan and Kittitas counties; islands in Clark and Klickitat counties; a mountain, a valley, a butte and several creeks elsewhere in the state.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 6, 2022

One cold winter solstice day, we found ourselves alone on the summit of a rock-topped butte, watching transfixed as a huge black cloud barreled toward us in an otherwise blue sky.

From New York Times • Mar. 18, 2022

“I don’t know what America’s thinking was,” said Jerrod as the pickup edged its way to a little butte rising out of the stubble and the rock.

From "Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream" by H.G. Bissinger