Examples of mountainside in a Sentence
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The area is named for the bighorn sheep that come down from the mountainside to lick mud for nutrients.
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Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 8 Apr. 2024
In contrast, Argentina’s vineyards are among the highest in the world, and several Napa AVA’s are mainly on mountainsides and hillsides high above the valley floor.
—Mike Desimone and Jeff Jenssen, Robb Report, 28 Mar. 2024
The men are standing in a field overlooking Moray, an enormous pre-Columbian basin of concentric tiers dug into a mountainside above Peru’s Sacred Valley of the Incas.
—Simeon Tegel, Washington Post, 8 Jan. 2024
In Mount Kenya, locals are caught between trying to protect pristine forest and helping desperate herders grazing on the mountainside.
—Kang-Chun Cheng, The Christian Science Monitor, 1 Dec. 2023
Three homes were determined to be directly in the path of the landslide -- two houses on the mountainside and one on the waterside of the highway -- according to the Alaska Department of Public Safety.
—Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 21 Nov. 2023
The capsule features a premium unisex sweat set designed for style and comfort on the Aspen mountainside or at home in a cozier setting.
—Cassell Ferere, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2024
Repetitive sequences of survivors clambering up the mountainside, wading through snow, and squinting into the sun add little in the way of narrative momentum and, an hour or so in, the movie begins to drag.
—Madeleine Kearns, National Review, 8 Feb. 2024
When weakened by melting, a frozen waterfall can shed pieces of ice as massive as a van, with these crashing down the mountainside below.
—Jacopo Pasotti, WIRED, 25 Jan. 2024
Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 8 Apr. 2024
In contrast, Argentina’s vineyards are among the highest in the world, and several Napa AVA’s are mainly on mountainsides and hillsides high above the valley floor.
—Mike Desimone and Jeff Jenssen, Robb Report, 28 Mar. 2024
The men are standing in a field overlooking Moray, an enormous pre-Columbian basin of concentric tiers dug into a mountainside above Peru’s Sacred Valley of the Incas.
—Simeon Tegel, Washington Post, 8 Jan. 2024
In Mount Kenya, locals are caught between trying to protect pristine forest and helping desperate herders grazing on the mountainside.
—Kang-Chun Cheng, The Christian Science Monitor, 1 Dec. 2023
Three homes were determined to be directly in the path of the landslide -- two houses on the mountainside and one on the waterside of the highway -- according to the Alaska Department of Public Safety.
—Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 21 Nov. 2023
The capsule features a premium unisex sweat set designed for style and comfort on the Aspen mountainside or at home in a cozier setting.
—Cassell Ferere, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2024
Repetitive sequences of survivors clambering up the mountainside, wading through snow, and squinting into the sun add little in the way of narrative momentum and, an hour or so in, the movie begins to drag.
—Madeleine Kearns, National Review, 8 Feb. 2024
When weakened by melting, a frozen waterfall can shed pieces of ice as massive as a van, with these crashing down the mountainside below.
—Jacopo Pasotti, WIRED, 25 Jan. 2024
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“Mountainside.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mountainside. Accessed 29 Apr. 2024.
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mountainside
noun
moun·tain·side
ˈmau̇nt-ᵊn-ˌsīd 
: the side of a mountain
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