Sentence examples for upper stretches from inspiring English sources

Sigmoidoscopy does not reach the upper stretches of the colon.

"When we arrived and restored this house, there weren't many foreigners," Mr. Laidlaw, 73, said in his studio in the hill town's upper stretches.

During the summer, when heavy rains soften the snow and glaciers, the upper stretches of the mountain are unsafe to climb.

The following day, flights start from London City to Brive, which is particularly well located for the upper stretches of the Dordogne.

A western route will channel waters flowing off the Tibetan plateau into the upper stretches of the Yellow River, now so overused that it often runs dry before reaching the sea.

Eventually, they will make their way to the river's upper stretches and even into the Delaware's east branch, where trout anglers will have their chance at hooking them on light fly tackle.

The upper stretch is called the Coast Ranges.

Ridden for the first time by Jerry Bailey, she wore down the 6-5 favorite, Chamrousse, in the upper stretch and prevailed by a length.

Cruguet hit him once in the upper stretch to keep him focused and hand-rode him to the finish for a one-and-a-half-lengths win.

PIONEER, by its own description, is a Western saloon on what could be called the upper stretch of the Wild Wild East Side -- that strip of still-singles or singles-again bars and restaurants on Third Avenue above 72nd Street.

There are six major dams along the upper stretch of the river that allow federal officials to slow down the sometimes violent rush of water that accompanies the melting snowpack in the region.