mountaintops

plural of mountaintop

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for mountaintops
Noun
  • To the southeast, the latest addition to the Mountain Lodges of Nepal portfolio is Deboche, a 13-room lodge situated above 12,200 feet—but below the iconic Tengboche Monastery, with its showstopping views of Everest and the surrounding summits.
    Katie Lockhart, Travel + Leisure, 14 Sep. 2025
  • But summits and sweatshirts won’t make Russia a superpower.
    Jeremy Shapiro, The Atlantic, 10 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Its conical Art Nouveau pinnacles have the lumpy beauty of sandcastles.
    D. T. Max, New Yorker, 15 Sep. 2025
  • Also in the Tuamotus, on the atoll of Tikehau, divers head out to Tuheiava Pass with Tikehau Diving for regular sightings of mantas at a cleaning station (pinnacles that draw large fish to have their gills, teeth, and carapaces cleaned by smaller ones).
    Terry Ward, AFAR Media, 11 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Cars passed, some beeping their horns.
    David Wright Faladé, New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2025
  • Whistles, horns or other noise makers.
    Ed Masley, AZCentral.com, 25 Sep. 2025
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“Mountaintops.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mountaintops. Accessed 30 Sep. 2025.

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