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Meanings of sheer precipice in English

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Usage of sheer precipice in English
1
The windows of some of the dwellings look out upon the sheer precipice.
Wanderings by Southern Waters, Eastern Aquitaine
2
At a turn in the ravine rises the sheer precipice of Lover's Leap.
Myths and Legends of Our Own Land — Volume 04 : Tales of Puritan...
3
Below them was a sheer precipice several hundred feet in depth.
The Marvelous Land of Oz
4
On their left a sheer precipice fell away into the lingering mist below.
Oracle's Queen
5
Yes, for I dreamed I was falling over a frightfully high, sheer precipice.
The Master Builder
6
There is a sheer precipice on each side-thebluffs that bound the creek bottom.
The Lone Ranche
7
She stood almost at the edge of a sheer precipice.
The Bells of San Juan
8
He is a sheer precipice, is this man, and not to be trifled with.
Birds and Poets : with Other Papers
9
I looked down a sheer precipice to a chaos of crumpled ice 1500 ft. below.
South: The Story of Shackleton's Last Expedition, 1914-1917
10
At the top of the rock there was a platform with sheer precipice on all sides.
The Duchesse of Langeais
11
The high grassy space ran upon one side to sheer precipice, dropping clear two hundred feet.
1492
12
It's a sheer precipice for four hundred feet!
Nobody's Man
13
Below was a sheer precipice down to the beach, threatening certain death to any one who stumbled.
The Saga of Grettir the Strong: Grettir's Saga
14
Here he had to go out on the sheer precipice, where his footholds were invisible from below.
Blown to Bits: The Lonely Man of Rakata, the Malay Archipelago
15
On one side was a sheer precipice.
The Prairie Chief
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In my dream, I was belly-sliding down a sheer precipice, fingers clawing but catching nothing but air.
Bones on Ice
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