Sentence examples for steep bluffs from inspiring English sources

The tracks, first laid in 1873, swerve between the scenic eastern edge of Puget Sound and the steep bluffs increasingly covered with houses overlooking the water.

One of his favorites was Little Dume Beach, near Point Dume in Malibu, a crescent of sand half-hidden in a cove at the bottom of steep bluffs.

Today, Winthrop's 1.6 square miles of steep bluffs and salty marshland are packed with 20,398 people— making it the most densely populated town in the com monwealth.

The Pomo Indians, who once inhabited the land, were long gone the day in 1962 when Al Boeke flew in a small plane over the pristine beaches, steep bluffs, wind-swept woods and sheep-grazed meadows along the Pacific Coast in Sonoma County, Calif., about 150 miles north of San Francisco.

PAGE 8 Obituaries AL BOEKE, 88 After inspiration struck while flying over the pristine beaches, steep bluffs and wind-swept woods of Sonomo County, Calif., Mr. Boeke created Sea Ranch, a residential community of 1,700 homes that blended in with the landscape and set the standard for environmental preservation.

The lower Amazon River valley is comparatively narrow, with the territory on both sides rising in steep bluffs about 150 to 200 feet (50 to 60 metres) above the river to the level of the ancient plateau that once covered this part of the continent.

(Ocean Avenue is actually one street away from the steep bluff overlooking the water).

Suddenly, Mr. Rich says, "Stay here!" and clambers up a short, steep bluff.

Shaw's cousin, Lt. Henry Sturgis, had carried Putnam from the battlefield, down the steep bluff to the river's edge.

Before long, the trail meets the Cliff Trail, which leads to a high, steep bluff, dramatic as a Winslow Homer painting.

A decade ago, Dr. McPeek often visited a fishless lake on a steep bluff above the Connecticut River in Vermont.