Examples of hilltop in a Sentence
They built their house on a hilltop.
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From her hilltop compound, Half Baked Harvest’s Tieghan Gerard has built a recipe empire.
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Ligaya Mishan, New York Times, 29 Nov. 2023
The hilltop home features two bedrooms and two bathrooms and has stunning mountain views.
—Sarah Yang, Sunset Magazine, 3 Nov. 2023
Water was diverted; Palestinians with dry farms could look up at hilltops and see developments with swimming pools.
—Benjamin Wallace-Wells, The New Yorker, 6 Nov. 2023
Observations of chimp behaviors while on various hilltops revealed that purpose.
—Brian Handwerk, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 Nov. 2023
Most notably, the hilltop spread was the long-time residence of actor-producer Beach Dickerson and later, author and celebrity matchmaker—to put it politely!—Scotty Bowers.
—Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 1 Nov. 2023
In Corniglia, the smallest of the hilltop villages and also the least visited, Ittiturismo SP4488 makes the trek up the nearly 400 steps well worth it.
—Kasia Dietz, Condé Nast Traveler, 20 Oct. 2023
The lone civilian fatality, a Palestinian citizen of Israel, was hit Sunday while working at a construction site in this hilltop town just yards from the border fence.
—Steve Hendrix, Washington Post, 18 Oct. 2023
Villa Maryland, Paul Allen’s hilltop mansion in the South of France, has just been snapped up by Millennium Management founder Israel Englander, Bloomberg reported.
—Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 5 Oct. 2023
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Ligaya Mishan, New York Times, 29 Nov. 2023
The hilltop home features two bedrooms and two bathrooms and has stunning mountain views.
—Sarah Yang, Sunset Magazine, 3 Nov. 2023
Water was diverted; Palestinians with dry farms could look up at hilltops and see developments with swimming pools.
—Benjamin Wallace-Wells, The New Yorker, 6 Nov. 2023
Observations of chimp behaviors while on various hilltops revealed that purpose.
—Brian Handwerk, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 Nov. 2023
Most notably, the hilltop spread was the long-time residence of actor-producer Beach Dickerson and later, author and celebrity matchmaker—to put it politely!—Scotty Bowers.
—Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 1 Nov. 2023
In Corniglia, the smallest of the hilltop villages and also the least visited, Ittiturismo SP4488 makes the trek up the nearly 400 steps well worth it.
—Kasia Dietz, Condé Nast Traveler, 20 Oct. 2023
The lone civilian fatality, a Palestinian citizen of Israel, was hit Sunday while working at a construction site in this hilltop town just yards from the border fence.
—Steve Hendrix, Washington Post, 18 Oct. 2023
Villa Maryland, Paul Allen’s hilltop mansion in the South of France, has just been snapped up by Millennium Management founder Israel Englander, Bloomberg reported.
—Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 5 Oct. 2023
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First Known Use
15th century, in the meaning defined above
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“Hilltop.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hilltop. Accessed 9 Dec. 2023.
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hilltop
noun
hill·top
-ˌtäp 
: the highest part of a hill
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