How to Use hilltop in a Sentence

hilltop

noun

• They built their house on a hilltop.
• The members of the Guard stood up and moved to a hilltop.
  — New York Times, 16 Jan. 2021
• He’s chosen to stay in the hilltop ranch where the shooting took place.
  — Kathleen McGrory, ProPublica, 6 Jan. 2024
• How about a gorgeous bed on a hilltop in the Swiss Alps. Sign me up!
  — NBC News, 3 June 2020
• And for heaven’s sake, don’t stand on a hilltop and glass.
  — Toby Walrath, Outdoor Life, 25 Jan. 2021
• The houses are off-limits, but the rest of the hilltop is yours to explore.
  — Peter Marteka, courant.com, 15 Apr. 2018
• Just northeast of the plaza is a hilltop park with a cross that gets some of the best sunset views in town.
  — Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 29 Mar. 2024
• The hilltop site is holy to both Muslims and Jews and has been a flashpoint for decades.
  — Andrew Carey, Abeer Salman and Hadas Gold, CNN, 21 Apr. 2022
• Not only are the views from the hilltop some of the best in the city, but the Parthenon is even more impressive up close.
  — Lale Arikoglu, Condé Nast Traveler, 16 Apr. 2018
• The Arts and Crafts home, set on a hilltop, has city and Pacific Ocean views.
  — Shivani Vora, New York Times, 4 Apr. 2025
• Stay at the hilltop 18 Grapes, with its two pools and views of the sea, or Naxian on the Beach, which has 10 seafront suites.
  — Paul Brady, Travel + Leisure, 8 Feb. 2023
• At the end of the tunnel, a long, sloping hallway leads to the hilltop restaurant.
  — Mike Desimone and Jeff Jenssen, Robb Report, 23 Feb. 2025
• The house sits on a hilltop near the town of Fayence, overlooking acres of flower fields.
  — Rachel Syme, The New Yorker, 16 Sep. 2024
• The one Acehnese settlement that seemed to survive the 1394 tsunami was a hilltop site out of reach of the tides.
  — Megan Gannon, National Geographic, 27 May 2019
• The wreckage of the plane was resting below a flat hilltop, its nose crashed through a wall.
  — Anchorage Daily News, 8 Aug. 2020
• Al-Aqsa mosque sits on a hilltop sacred to both Jews and Muslims.
  — Leila Sackur, NBC News, 8 Apr. 2023
• On a low hilltop, small headstones barely peak above the grass in the oldest part of the cemetery.
  — Christine Fernando, The Indianapolis Star, 28 Oct. 2020
• One idea Garcetti threw out: a hilltop reign at Griffith Park.
  — Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times, 28 Oct. 2020
• The main town is built on a hilltop, the houses scrunched together.
  — Washington Post, 14 Jan. 2022
• In a corner of the room, away from the windows, the snipers set up a high-powered rifle and pointed the long scope at the hilltop.
  — Sudarsan Raghavan, Anchorage Daily News, 21 May 2022
• But on the pitching hilltop, his gaze is lethal, as were his splitters.
  — Nicholas Dawidoff, The New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2024
• The hilltop lot includes a landscaped front lawn and fenced back lawn and courtyard with grill.
  — The Week Staff, The Week, 26 June 2022
• At one point, about 50 or 60 fire trucks were on the hilltop fighting the fire and protecting the buildings.
  — Mike Harris, USA TODAY, 30 Oct. 2019
• Airbnb Superhost Take a private tram up to what was once the hilltop home of the one and only John Lennon.
  — Isis Briones, House Beautiful, 29 July 2022
• The largest, 22 feet tall, sits on a hilltop above the old post office, a historic church and a museum.
  — Jay Jones, chicagotribune.com, 25 Nov. 2020
• One of the fires was on the hilltop behind the visitor center, Celino said.
  — Camilo Fonseca, BostonGlobe.com, 19 Aug. 2022
• The 2,840 sq ft hilltop home has a stone and cedar finish, and some very nice updates inside.
  — William Axford, Houston Chronicle, 17 Jan. 2018
• Who doesn’t want to be stuck on a hilltop in a remote locale with their future in-laws?
  — Anne Thériault, Longreads, 18 Dec. 2019
• The Americans set up machine guns on small round hilltops and dug foxholes in the snow.
  — Jim Huylebroek, New York Times, 12 Apr. 2025
• Due to its hilltop location, the restaurant offers expansive views of the surrounding waters.
  — Hudson Lindenberger, Forbes, 25 Mar. 2025