Sentence examples for big peaks from inspiring English sources

Big peaks scratched the blue sky overhead.

"I had a few pretty big peaks and valleys.

They are not big peaks, ranging 2,000 to 6,000 feet, but they hold their winter snow through midspring and frame the sunset on most days.

At one of them, Paiju, beside a broad glacial river, we caught the first real glimpse of the big peaks ahead of us.

In other words, Victor Hugo Peña, a promising young Colombian climber on the team, seemed strong enough to lead Armstrong over one of the big peaks that the racers would encounter before the Col de Joux Plane.

Rysy is one of the most popular big peaks in the area – it's on the border with Poland and attracts hikers from both sides – but like all the summits it's prone to extreme weather changes and high winds.

"We talk to the railroads, we talk to our ocean carriers, and they're not seeing this big peak, or bracing themselves for a big late peak," Mr. Steinke said.

Like other huge pop stars, she faces a bit of a falling-off after her big peak (one great song, Grammy awards, performing with Prince).

When this method was applied to a methanolic extract of short-necked clams, Ruditapes philippinarum (in Japanese, Asari), a big peak, corresponding to d-alanine was detected, corresponding to 2.9 mg/g d-alanine.

The lightweight Grimpeur with a big peak is designed for hotter conditions, and served me very well on a very hot ride in the Yorkshire Dales on Sunday, keeping the sweat out of my eyes without becoming wet and heavy.

The last big peak in politics-tinged attacks over global warming came in 1997, when months of lobbying preceded international consensus on the Kyoto Protocol, the first treaty that required industrialized countries to reduce heat-trapping smokestack and tailpipe emissions.