Slope

//sloʊp//

"Slope" in a Sentence (26 examples)

We skied down the slope.

Let's descend the slope.

John skied up the slope.

Ken dashed up the slope.

One night a merchant was walking up the slope on his way home.

We climbed a sharp slope.

We climbed the steep slope.

I went down the slope, falling again and again.

In old times the slope was very lonely.

The sled accelerated as it went down the icy slope.

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I had to climb a small slope to get to the site.

a steep slope

The road has a very sharp downward slope at that point.

The slope of this line is 0.5

The slope of a parabola increases linearly with x.

The slope of an asphalt shingle roof system should be 4:12 or greater.

The road slopes sharply down at that point.

If the afternoon was fine they strolled together in the park, very slowly, and with pauses to draw breath wherever the ground sloped upward. The slightest effort made the patient cough.

St. Lawrence Station is very prettily situated, high cliffs on the left, and the lush vegetation of the Undercliff sloping down to the sea on the right.

to slope the ground in a garden; to slope a piece of cloth in cutting a garment

I sloped in through the back door, hoping my boss wouldn't see me.

She watched him disappear out of sight, before sloping back to her room.

The order was given to "slope arms".

A bank not steep, but gently slope.

Down the slope hills.

So promis'd he; and Uriel to his charge Return'd on that bright beam , whose point now rais'd , Bore him slope downward to the sun

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