Steeper

The higher we climbed, the steeper became the mountain.

The trail got steeper.

The road is getting steeper and steeper.

The higher we climbed, the steeper the mountain became.

The path became steeper, and we had to slow our pace.

The path became steeper, and we had to slow down.

My friend Bothwell often refers to the belly as a “success curve”—the steeper the gradient, the higher the level of affluence.

The piping A', B', C' is arranged so that the contents of each cistern can be passed through any one of the steepers. The steepers have perforated false bottoms, shown in plan in Fig. 2, […]

"Thou may weel say a time like this," replied Ab, switchign the rain from his hat, "for it's a steeper, and nought else. It's I've bin th' weetest back - end we'n had this ten year! down to th' market, an' just as I coom by th' Cross, owd Job Sutcliffe, th' barber, axed me to co' wi' a pair o' razzors he's […]"

It's a steeper, nah, is this, an' reight an' all.