mountainous

Example Sentences

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She was “able to amazingly quickly cross quite mountainous terrain,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 6, 2026

The airman, an unidentified colonel as we write this, climbed into mountainous terrain despite his injuries to escape detection and await a rescue once the U.S. located him.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 5, 2026

Both the US and Iran scrambled to locate the remaining US serviceman in a mountainous region of south-western Iran.

From BBC • Apr. 5, 2026

That had sparked a race over the weekend in mountainous terrain, with images posted on social media of US aircraft and helicopters flying low over Iran as part of search-and-rescue operations.

From Barron's • Apr. 5, 2026

Did they proceed to overrun that island, just as they had already overrun the big mountainous islands of Celebes, Borneo, Java, and Sumatra?

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond