ACCLIVITY in a Sentence

Learn ACCLIVITY from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.

Example sentences for ACCLIVITY, such as:

1. The simplest things will become steep acclivities.
2. The car would not go up the acclivity in high gear.
3. Rainbarrow had again become blended with night when Wildeve ascended the long acclivity at its base.

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 Meanings and Examples of ACCLIVITY
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acclivity
 n.  upward slope, as of hill
Classic Sentence:
1  The young Mohican gave a shout of triumph, and followed by Duncan, he glided up the acclivity they had descended to the combat, and sought the friendly shelter of the rocks and shrubs.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 7
2  Rainbarrow had again become blended with night when Wildeve ascended the long acclivity at its base.
Return of the Native By Thomas Hardy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: 7 A Coalition between Beauty and Oddness
3  It embraced hillocks, pits, ridges, acclivities, one behind the other, till all was finished by a high hill cutting against the still light sky.
Return of the Native By Thomas Hardy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: 2 Humanity Appears upon the Scene, Hand in Hand with Trouble
4  The simplest things will become steep acclivities.
Les Misérables 4 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 4: CHAPTER II—MOTHER PLUTARQUE FINDS NO DIFFICULTY IN EXPLAI...
Example Sentence:
1  The car would not go up the acclivity in high gear.