Sentence examples for precipitous rock from inspiring English sources

The aircraft smashed into the mountain at 435mph, exploding instantly and scattering aircraft and human debris over at least two hectares of precipitous rock.

A rude cross marking the precipitous rock where Francis wrestled with his conscience spurred us on, as did the celebratory sounds of the wedding: the church bell, car horns and some gunshots drifting up from below.

Another version of the legend has it that Adam, for his disobedience, was hurled from Heaven and, as penance, stood for a thousand years on one foot on top of Adam's Peak, a remarkable 7,360-foot 7,360-foothat rises in a precipitous rock pyramountain thatjungles and tea estates of centriseseylon.

You can also opt for a precipitous rock path taking you 280 feet down behind a cliff promontory with no view of the waterfall, don life belts, then float splashily round the corner to view the flashy splash from below.

Hill forts were built on precipitous rocks for defense.

His spectacular views of precipitous rocks and waterfalls influenced Dutch landscape painting.

To be sure, the fortunes of specific genres rose and fell, with the decline of a critical favorite, alternative rock, particularly precipitous.

The precipitous climb to the rock from which it fell was no longer easy for me, but I enjoyed the solitude there, the moss-covered stones, the trees bending toward the arc of the water.

According to The Times Mr. Cayne, like everyone at Bear, was stunned by the firm's precipitous collapse and the rock-bottom price of its sale.

People who have spoken with Mr. Cayne say that he, like everyone at Bear, was stunned by the firm's precipitous collapse and the rock-bottom price of its sale.

Its preferred habitats include precipitous canyons, escarpments, rim rocks, and dense brush.