Sentence examples for face of boulder from inspiring English sources

But in recent years knots of people often gathered there to watch an odder creature creeping, by feet and hands alone, across the high sheer face of boulder, buttress or cliff.John Bachar climbed slowly, like a spider or, as he preferred to say, a starfish.

In one of the most peculiar tableaus, stick figures in a long line walk across the face of a massive boulder, turn the corner and keep marching.

Now I go in October, when the rowans flare out brilliant red against the grey rock, and the flat faces of the boulders are smeared like an artist's palette with encrusted lichens in tawny brown, orange, silver and pewter.

Of particular importance, considerably different age dates are provided by coral samples sourced from the top and bottom (i.e. opposite faces) of individual boulders, so highlighting interpretation biases that must be avoided.

Rays slowly inch across the face of a beautiful valley of boulders as the sun sets in the west.

The dam was constructed of boulder clay backed by sand and is faced with stone to just below water level, on a base of boulders resting on mats of willow.

EPSTEIN--Robert Joseph, of Boulder, CO died suddenly on October 11th.

HULTKRANS--John, 76, of Boulder, CO, died on June 14 , 2008

The spectre of Boulder was never far from his thoughts.

Boulder distribution, preferential orientation and numerical simulation of boulder transport are discussed.

We therefore considered the reliability of predictions of boulder size.