The banks on each side of the river were very pretty. There were beautiful flowers, old trees, sloping fields, in which cows and sheep were grazing, but not a man to be seen.
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Sloping
//ˈsləʊpɪŋ//
Synonyms for "sloping" (46 found)
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Adjective(1 words)
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Related words (23)
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Translations
9 translations across 4 languages.
Bulgarian
1 entries- наклонен adj (having a slope)
Galician
1 entries- ladeiro adj (having a slope)
Māori
4 entries- aupaki adj (having a slope)
- pānaki adj (having a slope)
- pānaki adj (having a slope)
- pīnaki adj (having a slope)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- scheef (nds) adj (having a slope)
Sample sentences
11 total sentences available.
I start from sleep, the parapet ascend, / and from the sloping roof with eager ears attend.
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Down from the citadel I haste below, / through foe, through fire, the goddes for my guide. / Harmless the darts give way, the sloping flames divide.
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The sun was beginning to sink behind the stables of Mapleton, and the long, sloping plain in front of us was tinged with gold, deepening into rich, ruddy browns where the faded ferns and brambles caught the evening light.
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