mountainous
Example Sentences
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That represents an enormous demographic shift for a small, mountainous country.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 12, 2026
His loss of popularity is mainly due to the conflict over Nagorno-Karabakh, a mountainous enclave inside Azerbaijan that was home to 100,000 ethnic Armenians until Azerbaijan took it by force in 2023.
From BBC • Jun. 8, 2026
Laying cable on a mountainous seabed across the 1,600 miles between Ireland and Newfoundland was even tougher.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026
Back then, the tall angled ceilings seemed to soar and the breakfast combos looked mountainous.
From Los Angeles Times • May 12, 2026
The other troublesome word was “here,” no strong consonant to hang on to, and so flat, when “here” is two mountainous ideographs.
From "The Woman Warrior" by Maxine Hong Kingston
Vocabulary lists containing mountainous
South America - Middle School
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Eastern Europe - Introductory
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East Asia - Middle School
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