sheer drop
Example Sentences
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One of them, the experienced guide and technician, Robert “Doc” Wright, slips and finds himself suspended precariously above a sheer drop.
From Washington Post • Sep. 24, 2021
The company profited from the fracking boom but between Covid-19 and the sheer drop in the price of oil this spring it was highly leveraged and slashed expenses to remain solvent.
From The Guardian • Oct. 20, 2020
I crawled up it and found a sheer drop facing the inaccessible summit.
From The New Yorker • Dec. 16, 2019
The grassy back lawn sat about 5 feet above a sheer drop to a stone patio with no fence to keep someone, like, say, our toddler, from teetering over the edge.
From Seattle Times • Nov. 28, 2018
But if it did, it would be a three-minute ride that involves a climb nearly a third of a mile long, up to 1,600 feet, followed by a sheer drop and seven loops.
From "All The Bright Places" by Jennifer Niven
