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Meanings of steep roof in English

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Usage of steep roof in English
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It had three storeys capped by a steep roof of blue slate.
Fatherland
2
The rather steep roof is slightly depressed, as if beginning to sink in.
Jean François Millet / A Collection of Fifteen Pictures and a Po...
3
Its steep roof overhung the front porch like a beetling brow.
The waste lands
4
Pine Mountain loomed before us like the steep roof of some vast gothic cathedral.
Military Reminiscences of the Civil War, Volume 2: November 1863...
5
From without Newman could see its upper windows, its steep roof and its chimneys.
The American
6
She fired the steep roof on her second try.
Climbing Magazine
7
Arrows whizz past as I hurl myself onto the steep roof of the next building.
Ice Like Fire
8
Perched on a steep roof of red ceramic tiles, he turned to confront his pursuers.
Dancer’s Lament
9
He was looking up the steep roof toward the gable, but Roon had not yet appeared.
Summer of Night
10
The cat came out on the steep roof.
Invisible Links
11
The exterior was void of any architectural embellishment, with a steep roof pierced by dormer windows.
Country Life in Canada Fifty Years Ago / Personal recollections ...
12
Coupeau ascended the steep roof with a slow step, then glancing down, he beheld his wife.
L'Assommoir
13
He shuffled his hands along the rail, using what limited feet were available on the steep roof.
Rock and Ice Magazine
14
To either side the steep roof led down to a fall from the height of the Great Hall.
Orb Sceptre Throne
15
Against the round-house opposite a ladder rested, and above it on the steep roof clung a man-his father.
The Laird's Luck and Other Fireside Tales
16
The window looked out over a steep roof and was just big enough for him to climb through.
Faerie Wars
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