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"Atop" in a Sentence (21 examples)
The flatboat carrying the two silent men went on gliding atop the dark waters as the moonlit night slowly wore on.
The woman is atop the table.
I admire the view of the entire city atop the Ferris wheel.
The eagle perched atop the cliff, scanning the valley spread out beneath it.
Sam, a rhesus monkey, was one of the most well known monkeys of the space program. His name was an acronym for the U.S. Air Force School of Aviation Medicine at Brooks Air Force Base, Texas. He was launched on December 4, 1959, housed in a cylindrical capsule within the Mercury spacecraft atop a Little Joe rocket in order to test the launch escape system (LES). Approximately one minute into the flight, travelling at a speed of 3685 mph, the Mercury capsule aborted from the Little Joe launch vehicle. After attaining an altitude of 51 miles, the spacecraft landed safely in the Atlantic Ocean. Sam was recovered, several hours later, with no ill effects from his journey.
There is a shrine atop the mountain.
Twig in beak, the diminutive bird pranced atop the thick branch.
The sheets are placed atop soil in a home planter or an outdoor garden. When watered, the pods dissolve and plants sprout in 10 days (for pea shoots) to 70 days (for dragon carrots).
The castle was perched atop the hill.
In 1923, Edwin Hubble used the world's largest telescope, perched atop Mount Wilson in California, to measure the distance to the Great Andromeda Nebula, proving that it was much too far away to belong to our galaxy.
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He sat atop the mountain, waiting for the end of the world.
For example, when trailers containing new automobiles were first piggybacked two areas of potential damage became evident: (1) diesel locomotive exhaust left a film of oil on the new autos; and (2) auto windshields could be scarred or cracked by the metal-tipped "tell-tales" which warn men atop trains of oncoming bridges or tunnels.
A virtue is made out of a necessity, with the child feeling far more atop and master of his oddness, his behavior now deliberate or even clever.
"And other things," she echoed, nodding slowly and resting her body a little more atop him again.
2014, Paul Salopek, Blessed. Cursed. Claimed., National Geographic (December 2014)https://web.archive.org/web/20150212214621/http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2014/12/pilgrim-roads/salopek-text “Monotheism was born here,” Goren tells me atop a cliff overlooking the sheet of iron-colored water.
The leading voices of the womanosphere are using a similar strategy. As Brittany Hugoboom put it in an op–ed for the rightwing outlet Quillette: “Conservatives will never win if they imagine themselves as combatants atop defensive battlements, hurling abuse on the mass media. We need to involve ourselves in the creation of pop culture.”
He sat atop of the mountain, waiting for the end of the world.
He has a handsome face, still bearded in the midst of a mostly clean-shaving nation, and with the white hairs prevalent on the cheeks and temples; his head is bald atop, though hardly from the uneasiness of wearing a crown.
The envoy found the French king playing the part of horse while his young son rode atop.
Everything large or small is carried atop out of habit as much as necessity, like a delightful but defiant challenge to the laws of gravity.
Probably cuddled up, spooning. Netflix auto-playing atop their shared covers.
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