mountainous
Example Sentences
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Back then, the tall angled ceilings seemed to soar and the breakfast combos looked mountainous.
From Los Angeles Times • May 12, 2026
Hantavirus is present around the world, and most at risk are people who come into contact with the droppings, urine or saliva of an infected rodent, usually in rural or mountainous areas.
From MarketWatch • May 5, 2026
"It's not a typical fire with surface combustion or a blaze... there's layers of rubbish in a mountainous area, and below that... methane gas," he said.
From Barron's • Apr. 30, 2026
He returned home briefly to pack more things, and the couple headed farther north, to Kelardasht, a mountainous city closer to the Caspian Sea.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 27, 2026
The Italian woman had a mass of tight black curls, starting at her forehead, that rose in a mountainous pompadour and cascaded down her back.
From "The Bell Jar" by Sylvia Plath
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Vocabulary lists containing mountainous
South America - Middle School
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Eastern Europe - Introductory
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Mexico - Introductory
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