precipitous

How To Use precipitous In A Sentence

• But the relationship with Pataki deteriorated precipitously in recent days as McCaughey Ross openly defied him.
• This wonderful diverse stretch of woodland clings tenaciously to the almost precipitous sides of the gorge.
• The opening ceremony was precipitously cancelled just 24 hours before the event.
• This horse was so fleet, and its rider so expert, that they are said to have outstripped and coted, or turned, a hare upon the Bran-Law, near the head of Moffat Water, where the descent is so precipitous, that no merely earthly horse could keep its feet, or merely mortal rider could keep the saddle. Old Mortality, Complete
• The trail becomes more precipitous as we plod steadily across a long ridge that is barely discernible from the fog folding around us. Times, Sunday Times
• The result is families under siege, war in the streets, the precipitous decline of the rule of law, the rapid rise of corruption, the loss of civility and the triumph of deceit.
• When he opened his eyes the dirigible was making another turn, less precipitous than before and — he hadn’t realized, but now saw through ragged gaps in the fog — at a lower altitude, some two hundred feet above what looked like a low fennish grassland, with scarcely a single tree in sight. The Glass Books of the Dream Eaters
• The house, with its steeply pitched red-tiled roof, precipitous gables and tall tapering chimneys, is L-shaped with a well-head in the angle, its conical top resembling a Welsh wizard's hat.
• Because short-term indicators have not shown a precipitous decline in the economy since the referendum, a complacency seems to have set in. Times, Sunday Times
• The mountain path descended precipitously to a small valley.