precipitousness
Example Sentences
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With characteristic precipitousness Flame jumped to her feet.
From Peace on Earth, Good-will to Dogs by Eleanor Hallowell Abbott
The knoll fell away in bushy precipitousness to the plain below.
From Tramping Through Mexico, Guatemala and Honduras — Being the Random Notes of an Incurable Vagabond by Harry Alverson Franck
But it is often possible to ascertain from a distance, if the cliff can be got relieved against the sky, the approximate degree of its precipitousness.
From Modern Painters, Volume IV (of V) by John Ruskin
The loftiest peak is about three thousand feet above the sea, but on account of the extreme precipitousness of the island it appears much higher.
From The Cruise of the 'Alerte' The narrative of a search for treasure on the desert island of Trinidad by E. F. (Edward Frederick) Knight
The precipitousness of the affair had taken her breath away and driven all thought in mad rout from her mind.
From Carmen Ariza by Charles Francis Stocking
