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Examples of hill in a Sentence
She watched the sun set behind the hills.
The house was built at the very top of the hill.
Our driveway is a long, steep hill.
He came barreling down the hill at 65 miles per hour.
The plows came and cleared the streets, forming a hill of snow on the street corner.
Recent Examples of hill from the Web
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Only two of the top 10 streets are in San Francisco, which is often thought of as a city of hills, and the famous Lombard Street (27% grade) doesn't crack the list.
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Beginning in the 1870s, children rolled their Easter eggs down a hill at the Capitol building in Washington, D.C. Seems wholesome enough.
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Down the hill from the gazebo, the reception is in full swing.
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Just down the hill from the Fairmont is the Clift hotel, which introduced bees to its 16-story-high roof in 2016.
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My gaze drifts up from the uneven, rocky path to scan the tops of the hills.
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There are a couple of parties of walking-stick-wielding hikers starting out, and, far above them, a trio of mountain bikers speeding along the crest of the hill.
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Winter Olympics This was no miracle on snow, a la her .01-second victory in the super-G that left her stone-faced and unbelieving at the bottom of the hill, wondering if there had been some kind of mistake.
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Watching at the bottom of the hill, Kildow broke into wry grin moments after Vonn crossed the finish line 0.47 seconds behind Italy’s Sofia Goggia, who won the gold.
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Origin and Etymology of hill
hill Synonyms
Synonyms
altitude(s), elevation, eminence, height, highland, hump, mound, prominence, rise, upland;
Antonyms
Near Antonyms
dale, dell, depression, dingle, glen, hollow, vale, valley;
basin, bottom, bottomland, fen, flat, floodplain, plain, tidewater;
Other Geology Terms
anthracite, boulder, cwm, erratic, igneous, intrusive, mesa, sedimentary, silt, swale
Definition of hill
hiller
nounExamples of hill in a Sentence
hilled peat moss around the rosebushes to protect them from the freeze
Recent Examples of hill from the Web
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BOYS SWIMMING Nonleague TESORO 131, SAN JUAN HILLS 39 SADDLEBACK VALLEY CHR. 89, ST.
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First Known Use of hill
1581
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HILL Defined for English Language Learners
Definition of hill for English Language Learners
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: a usually rounded area of land that is higher than the land around it but that is not as high as a mountain
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: an area of sloping ground on a road, path, etc.
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: a pile of something
HILL Defined for Kids
Definition of hill for Students
- Our driveway is a long hill.
- a hill of snow
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