upper reaches

These Hellenized Jews, who frequently had their origins in the upper reaches of Judean society, came to be known as the Sadducees.

Judging from this YouTube clip, its unlikely to trouble the upper reaches of the charts.

That will not be a problem with Douthat, who is the first blogger to break into the upper reaches of the traditional commentariat.

High above him towered a rock-ribbed peak, so tall that even in summer its upper reaches were snowbound.

The same wasteful form of irrigation was used on a large scale on the Ghagar and is still practised on its upper reaches.

Mid-day found them resting by a little lake, from which a stream flowed into the upper reaches of the Columbia River.

In the open upper reaches of the forest, the fragrant twin-flower covers and crowds wide places.

The upper reaches of the river are lightsome, and given over wholly to pleasure.