Examples of mountainous in a Sentence

the seemingly mountainous obstacles he had to overcome while growing up

Recent Examples on the Web The situation is compounded by the region’s perpetually sunny climate, which effectively cooks vehicle exhaust and industrial emissions into lung-damaging smog and a mountainous terrain that confines the toxic haze over the region. — Tony Briscoestaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 10 May 2022 Kauai, with its steep sea-side cliffs and mountainous terrain, often experiences fast moving weather systems that can change conditions quickly, especially in winter months. — David Koenig, Caleb Jones, Anchorage Daily News, 10 May 2022 Then smugglers led them through the mountainous terrain east of the city and across the border into San Diego County. — San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Apr. 2022 Landslides are common in Colombia due to the mountainous terrain, frequent heavy rains and poor or informal construction of houses, Reuters reported. — Karol Suarez And Stefano Pozzebon, CNN, 7 Apr. 2022 Within China, there is intense interest in Monday’s crash, with videos circulating of the plane’s sharp descent into mountainous terrain, online photos of wreckage and rescue workers, and widespread speculation on the causes of the crash. — Washington Post, 25 Mar. 2022 Search crews found one of the two black boxes belonging to the China Eastern Airlines plane that crashed Monday in the mountainous terrain of the southern China region of Guangxi, Chinese state media said Wednesday. — Harold Maass, The Week, 24 Mar. 2022 But many shed hunters are also proud hunters, and the physical demands of the two sports are similar: both can require endurance in rough, mountainous terrain. — The New Yorker, 7 Mar. 2022 Aside from the obvious physical challenge of accessing mountainous terrain (Horton grew up in Alaska) for a sport like skiing, there are economic factors to consider – namely, equipment and lift tickets, neither of which are cheap. — Chris Bumbaca, USA TODAY, 6 Feb. 2022 See More

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