Sentence examples for over precipitous from inspiring English sources

San Francisco's world-famous cable cars run 365 days a year over precipitous hills.

As we came close, the cubs relaxed, going about their business; play-fighting, watching the seals in the water, peering over precipitous edges and reversing in fear.

She had been pushed to hire this administrator by party power brokers after she had gotten herself into some trouble over precipitous firings, which had given rise to a recall campaign.

Here you can see the boat's stern on the bottom edge of the canvas, its wake plunging over a precipitous ridge of water.

OTTAWA -- Jim Balsillie and Mike Lazaridis, who made the BlackBerry a leading business tool but then presided over its precipitous decline, said they would step down on Monday as co-chairmen and co-chief executives of Research in Motion.

He made for Lhasa by riding over a precipitous 15,000-feet 15,000-feety in the dark; only to find that, on the other side, the Chinese were waiting for him.

After paying only passing attention to the rand for most of the year, many South Africans are now stricken with anxiety over its precipitous drop and what it may portend.

"I'm so sorry I can't invite you inside for tea," apologised Ilia Mosikashvili, pointing towards her house, half of which now hangs over a precipitous drop after the ground beneath was washed away.

What about Dick Fuld (left), the Lehman Bros bank boss, who piled investors' money into property and raked in some $300m for the Fuld family coffers before presiding over the precipitous collapse of his bank?

If HA-coatings degrade over time precipitous decline in performance may occur even after several functional years.

Another precipitous year-over-year drop can be blamed on the relentless scatological humor: Clowns vomiting in toilets and hiding in Porta Potties.