Sentence examples for with precipitous from inspiring English sources

Cirque, (French: "circle"), amphitheatre-shaped basin with precipitous walls, at the head of a glacial valley.

All along the coast there are spectacular fjords with precipitous cliffs that often rise 7,000 feet (2,100 metres) from the water.

To the southwest lies an islet, the Calf of Man, with precipitous cliffs, which is administered by the Manx National Heritage as a bird sanctuary.

The island is a plateau that rises abruptly to 190 ft (58 m) above sea level and is fringed with precipitous cliffs.

The Eastman Kodak Company, contending with precipitous drops in revenue and profit, said yesterday that it was realigning its businesses along product lines rather than geographic ones.

The one-lane road, traveled by only an occasional car snaked along green mountains with precipitous 1,500- to 2,000-foot 2,000-foot

"...he would be all over the field, blitzing the quarterback, breaking up passes and making interceptions or tackles with unbelievable force, with the precipitous, explosive clatter of a car crash...blue eyes burning with a trance-like brilliance above the blacking on his cheekbones".

Moreover, the impedance changes were associated with changes in behavioral thresholds for individuals with a precipitous drop in behavioral thresholds.

One thing is for sure, with the precipitous emergence of Occupy Wall Street, WikiLeaks, and now the NSA fiasco with patriot[2] Edward Snowden, the democratic experiment has been pushed under the bus.

Like Krubera, Chevé starts with a precipitous drop: three thousand feet in less than half a mile.

It began with the precipitous fall of Peloton Partners this spring and has included others like Pentagon Capital Management.