Sentence examples for so precipitous from inspiring English sources

Some of the mountain slopes are so precipitous that they are bare of trees.

But the fall was so precipitous that some economists questioned the reliability of the data.

The descent became so precipitous that a bicyclist carrying water for Hall flipped over the handlebars and cut his head.

And yet, Seneca laments to his mother, "What other rock is so barren or so precipitous on every side? . . .

The fall has been so precipitous that China's financial regulator has said it will investigate suspected market manipulation.

In fact, Mr. Giuliani's campaign was about to begin a free fall so precipitous as to be breathtaking.

Over the past decade or so, the precipitous expansion of international art fairs has changed the habits and the mindsets of collectors young and old.

My son spent another day in ski school while my husband and I hit the black runs, including Hallelujah Ridge, a catwalk so narrow and precipitous it has a snow fence as a kind of guard rail.

But she said making the regulations permanent would have been precipitous, as so many major cultural organizations were opposed.

"The electronics makers have experienced the sharpest downturn in 20 years, so after such a precipitous decline, it's difficult to fall further," said Jean Pascal Rolandez, head of equity research at BNP Paribas Securities in Tokyo.

So McConnell, with his precipitous vow of no confirmation of anyone, turned the debate away from the merits of any individual to a controversy about the responsibilities of the Senate during an election year.