Hillside Sentence Examples

Diamantina is built partly on a steep hillside overlooking a small tributary of the Rio Jequitinhonha (where diamond-washing was once carried on), and partly on the level plain above.

The tombs, which are chambers cut in tiers in the hard clay of the hillside, were used with few exceptions for repeated burials, and the ejected offerings had been scattered down the slope.

Across the creek, on the hillside, two elk grazed contentedly.

As the train continues down the valley, it hugs the steep hillside.

They rode out of the forest on the hillside above the guest house and rested the horses again.

These are all to be found on the wooded hillside directly above the town.

Our corps was stationed on a hillside.

On the better farms this is done with a spirit-level or compass from time to time and hillside ditches put in at the proper places.

The extensive gardens which occupy the hillside behind the palace are adorned with fountains and cascades; the botanical garden contains manytrees from northern climates.

The glens and ravines on the hillside are often thickly wooded, and offer a delightful contrast to the open downs.

These huts are sometimes made simply of straw and are surrounded by high thorn hedges, but, in the north, square houses, built in stories, flat-roofed, the roof sometimes laid at the same slope as the hillside, and some with pitched thatched roofs, are common.

It rushes out from the hillside and is received in a covered masonry canal, whence it flows in large iron pipes till it reaches five enormous reservoirs constructed just opposite to the entrance gates of the royal palace at Capodimonte.

The plan here too was roughly quadrangular with a central court, but owing to the erosion of the hillside a good deal of the eastern quarter has disappeared.

Compelled by the pressure of public opinion to attempt its relief, Edward crossed the border in June 1314,with an army of 20,000 foot and 4000 men-at-arms. He found Bruce prepared to dispute his advance on the hillside of Bannockburn, 2 iB.

The golf course is developed on a hillside and offers challenging and exciting golf on rolling fairways.

In previous years I had often gone prospecting over some bare hillside, where a pitch pine wood had formerly stood, and got out the fat pine roots.

He had no particular destination, but his meandering brought him to a hillside overlooking the new high school complex.

Crossing the creek and field to her house, she studied the hillside beyond for any sign of a deer.

More mobile and more searching than ice or rock rubbish, the trickling drops are guided by the deepest lines of the hillside in their incipient flow, and as these lines converge, the stream, gaining strength, proceeds in River its torrential course to carve its channel deeper and en- t trench itself in permanent occupation.

The city, a summer resort, lies on an undulating hillside, which rises from the water's edge to a height of more than 150 ft., and commands extensive views of the picturesque islands, headlands, and mountains of the Maine coast.

By tracing such indications up the stream or up the hillside the outcrop may sometimes be found, or at least approximately located.

The left of the Scots was ineffective, as was a part of their centre of foot on the upper part of the hillside, and the English commander proposed to deal with the remainder.

Enghien and Turenne had arranged that the Army of France was to move direct upon Freiburg by Wolfenweiter, while the Army of Weimar was to make its way by hillside tracks to Wittnau and thence to attack the rear of Mercy's lines while Enghien assaulted them in front.

Attractively situated on a hillside sloping gently to the Forth, its placid old-world aspect is in keeping with its great antiquity.

Views out to the surrounding hillside farmland above the close views of wooded gorge.

Quarries that cut great gashes in the hillside look romantic a hundred years after the workings are abandoned.

Park here and walk up the grassy boulder and rock strewn hillside to look for the 3 key birds of this area.

The path meanders from the valley floor, crossing several rivers, before ascending the hillside.

As darkness fell a few isolated lights dotted the opposite hillside but apart from that there was no evidence of other human activity.

The crag stands above a steep woody hillside, with a caravan site down on the right of the road.

On 14 October, the two armies faced each other over 400 yards of marsh and scrubby hillside.

The Emerson's house is ideally placed for sun on a south-facing hillside.

A local artist wanted to find a suitable location for a symbol of the 20th century on a chalk hillside.

Summoned silently to help them carry a keg of liquor, he drinks from the flagon, and falls asleep on the hillside.

The grounds include a kitchen garden, vineyard, formal garden, fruit trees and hillside meadow for sun bathing and walks.

After a couple of miles, a cluster of buildings appears on the hillside ahead, the round knoll bereft of its former crown.

Majorca is an island of contrasts with its rugged mountains to long streches of golden sand and pine forests to serene hillside villages.

A cozy, detached character cottage nestling on a peaceful hillside overlooking the market town of Belper.

There are several oak pollards on the hillside above the farm.

The legendary TV producer was laid to rest at the Hillside Memorial Park in west Los Angeles.

When the whole family had reached the ravine, they followed it up the hillside.

All have large windows overlooking the riverfront or the landscaped hillside gardens behind.

Cayke and her friends went to the edge of the flat tableland and looked down the steep hillside to the plains below.

The Var region holds treasures for anyone who enjoys the harmony of a hillside vineyard, ancient dry stone walls or small walking paths.

It is situated on a rocky hillside overlooking some waterfalls on the River Tywi about 12 miles north of Llandovery.

That they represent the Persepolis captured and partly destroyed by Alexander the Great has been beyond dispute at least since the time of Pietro della Valle.2 Behind Takhti Jamshid are three sepulchres hewn out of the rock in the hillside, the facades, one of which is incomplete, being richly ornamented with reliefs.

Wherever the planters have failed to guard their fields by hillside ploughing and terracing, these have been extensively denuded of soil, rendering them barren, and devastating other fields lying at a lower level, which are covered by the wash.

The four men followed them for some distance, and then lost them on the hillside.

Sitting beside her in the car, I describe what I see from the window--hills and valleys and the rivers; cotton-fields and gardens in which strawberries, peaches, pears, melons, and vegetables are growing; herds of cows and horses feeding in broad meadows, and flocks of sheep on the hillside; the cities with their churches and schools, hotels and warehouses, and the occupations of the busy people.

Sometimes, also, when the ice was covered with shallow puddles, I saw a double shadow of myself, one standing on the head of the other, one on the ice, the other on the trees or hillside.

Having come out onto the road he reined in his horse, hesitating whether to ride along it or cross it and ride over the black field up the hillside.

The site consists of a quadrangle of farm buildings set into a sloping hillside over- looking a valley.

But a line of quartzite blocks lies hundreds of meters ahead of the hillside too.

A view looking over rooftops of the town of Gibraltar toward the rocky hillside beyond.

The imaginative interpretation of a detached house set on a coastal hillside with widespread sea views.

Echoing in the surrounding hillside is the delightful tinkle of cowbells.

The remains of the early mill can still be seen tucked into the hillside near the Rookhope Burn.

The village of Deja, with its houses tumbling down a hillside, was once renowned as an artists ' retreat.

The Tribunal formed the opinion that there was a serious risk to the well-being of the residents in Hillside Manor.

Her house was precariously perched on the edge of the hillside.

It is often ideal to locate the turbines on a hillside to take advantage of the highest wind capacity.

The land drop must be significant enough to aid the force of the water flow through piping that you install down the mountain or hillside.

Whichever technique you choose to apply your Tuscan style kitchen paint, you'll end up with the feel of an Italian villa by the sea or nestled along the hillside among a vineyard or olive tree grove.

Reynolds appeared in the Nickelodeon teen drama Hillside at the age of 15.

These boxes or barrels can be placed anywhere in the landscape, from a single planter on the patio to a series of terraced beds on a hillside.

Many plant grapes on a hillside to allow excess water to drain away.

Hillside Lane Farm has a mousse base that is easily adaptable for vegan recipes.

Retirement communities in this area often offer mountain or lake views, and some are actually hillside.

As we start to rebuild, this hillside will remain barren, a memorial to heroes fallen.

Do not confuse Corton-Charlemagne, however, with the red wine appellation of Corton, which sits lower down the same hillside.

Emperor and king Charlemagne originally planted white wine grapes on the Corton hillside sometime in the 8th century.

The hillside on which Corton-Charlemagne sits features limestone soil, as well as marlstone.

The vineyard wraps the hillside, so differing areas receive morning or afternoon sun, as well as the full-force of the midday sun.

Wine character may vary depending on where on the hillside the grapes grow.

The Argyle Chardonnay is grown on hillside slopes in Oregon's Willamette Valley and fermented with select yeast strains and malo-lactic finish.

Sixty-three per cent of their 2005 vintage is from Rochioli's original vines that were planted back in 1959, nine per cent from their sixteen-year-old hillside vineyards, and six per cent from their most recent plantings.

It's hard to imagine, perched on a hillside overlooking the smaller-than-expected Valley, that it's one of the best spots on earth for growing grapes and making wine.

Entranced by the area's natural beauty, the couple bought property on the hillside overlooking the bay …and the town has been popular with tourists ever since.

The Other sailed across the orchard and slammed into the hillside and through it.

Having offered sacrifice and inquired how to renew the human race, they were ordered to cast behind them the "bones of the great mother," that is, the stones from the hillside.

Then when once across the stream it was discovered that unlike the normal slopes in the district the hillside in front of them showed a slight convexity under cover of which they were able to re-form in regular order.

Remains of the mummies of dogs and similar animals sacred to these deities are scattered among the debris on the hillside in abundance.

The charitable institutions comprise the royal infirmary,, in the Italian style, considerably enlarged since its foundation in 1836; the Murray royal lunatic asylum in Bridgend; the Hillside House in Kinnoull and the small-pox hospital.

Within the city there are no ancient remains, except some massive substruction walls which supported buildings on the hillside.

Its subject was a jungle-fire which broke out on the opposite hillside.

Next morning (October 14) William marched out from Hastings and attacked the English host, which stood at bay in a solid mass of spear and axemen behind a slight breastwork on the hillside.

The beauty of the city, clustering on the low ground and rising tier over tier on the hillside, is frequently praised by the ancients and is celebrated on its coins.

Set on a hillside with olives and fruit trees, this cottage has a master bedroom and third bed in an adjoining alcove.

Samson's putting stone - a glacial erratic boulder can be seen up on the hillside to the right.

The view out over the loch from our terrace is fantastic today - sparkling blue against a backdrop of a yellow broom covered hillside.

Nestling gently into the pine clad hillside this very charming stone clad hillside this very charming stone clad country cottage is an absolute delight.

A small passage on the right leads to another entrance, in a wooded dell on the hillside below the Pozo.

Thus it seemed that this one hillside illustrated the principle of all the operations of Nature.