Examples of atop in a Sentence

Preposition The house sits atop a cliff overlooking the ocean.

Recent Examples on the Web: Adverb or adjective The lake had about a foot of snow and slush atop at least 12 inches of solid ice. — Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 5 May 2022 Two peregrine falcons, nicknamed Annie and Grinnell, love and lay eggs at a nest atop Sather Tower on UC Berkeley’s campus. — Mary Forgione, Los Angeles Times, 14 Apr. 2022 Burna refers to his music as Afro-fusion, with a base of Fela Kuti’s Afrobeat and layers of other diasporic sounds atop. — Mankaprr Conteh, Rolling Stone, 12 Jan. 2022 The golf cart-sized spacecraft is set to launch atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket that will light up the night sky late Tuesday from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. — Catherine Thorbecke, ABC News, 23 Nov. 2021 These early masses of solid rock may have floated buoyantly atop magma welling up from below, a new study finds. — ABC News, 14 Nov. 2021 The gestation stalls — metal enclosures where the pig stands atop slatted, concrete floors — are typically 7 by 2 feet in size. — Alicia Wallace, CNN, 17 Oct. 2021 As can be seen in the title image, the main 4K camera resides atop and slightly ahead of the cockpit, semi-flush with the surface to reduce drag. — Eric Tegler, Forbes, 8 Oct. 2021 But not the Yukon, where commercial and subsistence harvests are built atop of waning king stocks and the mysteriously absent chum. — Zachariah Hughes, Anchorage Daily News, 7 Sep. 2021 Recent Examples on the Web: Preposition The two battled side-by-side to a morning tie atop the leaderboard at 9-under par after two rounds. — Joe Arruda, Hartford Courant, 24 June 2022 Nearby, Grima, who was wearing a New Orleans Saints cap, flip-flops, and two pairs of drugstore reading glasses, sat atop a cardboard box. — Eric Lach, The New Yorker, 23 June 2022 The Masters champion, buoyed by an eagle that came courtesy of a 157-yard can job on the 560-yard par-5 eighth, sat solo atop the US Open leaderboard at 6-under par. — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 18 June 2022 Going forward, though, the Utah golfer would probably prefer to be talking about a spot atop the leaderboard. — The Salt Lake Tribune, 23 May 2022 Rookie Mito Pereira currently sits atop the leaderboard at 9 under par. — Alexandra Meeks, CNN, 22 May 2022 Speights seems certain to remain a starter, and Fisher starts camp atop the depth chart. — oregonlive, 19 May 2022 Drafting Williams likely takes the Lions out of the Samuel market, and Williams should join Amon-Ra St. Brown atop the team's depth chart at receiver. — Dave Birkett, Detroit Free Press, 29 Apr. 2022 Gregg Popovich sits atop the NBA’s career chart for regular-season coaching wins after the Spurs downed the Utah Jazz 104-102 Friday night at the AT&T Center. — Tom Orsborn, San Antonio Express-News, 11 Mar. 2022 See More

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