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Meanings of declivity in English
Usage of declivity in English
1
The declivity marks the end of the precipitous gorge of the Niagara.
2
Below him was a gentle declivity ending to the south in darkness.
3
The declivity, where the gaze shooteth DOWNWARDS, and the hand graspeth UPWARDS.
4
He looked at the others, and they looked at the white declivity.
5
I was working on the declivity which led to the Val d'Etretat.
6
On either side tall houses, the declivity ending only at the water.
7
A slight declivity ended in an uneven bottom, at fifteen fathoms depth.
8
As it was, she came near rolling over the declivity after all.
9
Nell strode across the grass until she had reached a small declivity.
10
The hills, though of great declivity, have a sward to their tops.
11
The passage through this 'sixteen miles' declivity of boiling waters' is exciting.
12
The remainder of their infantry they stationed on the declivity of the hill.
13
The taut rope writhed fifty feet out from the top of the declivity.
14
Before you lies the declivity of the hill upon which the village stands.
15
On the declivity of the hill a few white patches indicated the cemetery.
16
We descended to the lower enclosure at the foot of the slight declivity.
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United Kingdom
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