sheer drop
Example Sentences
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"I know when I was lying there, all I could think of is, 'I'm not ready to leave my daughter'," Dyer said, recalling how she woke up after falling 30ft down the sheer drop.
From BBC • Feb. 8, 2026
While it’s mostly a sheer drop from the U.N. grounds to the water, there’s a Coast Guard cutter capable of breaking ice that’s moored at a makeshift dock.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 21, 2022
The glacier straddles the ridge between two mountains, creating a gushing waterfall with a sheer drop into the lagoon below.
From Washington Post • Jul. 15, 2022
I crawled up it and found a sheer drop facing the inaccessible summit.
From The New Yorker • Dec. 16, 2019
The wildlings had built their watchfire in a shallow depression above the narrowest part of the pass, with a sheer drop below and rock behind to shelter them from the worst of the wind.
From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin
