How To Use Steep In A Sentence

Neither do I think moraines of this kind would be formed by a glacier emerging from a steep narrow canyon and running out on a level plain; for in such cases, as soon as the confinement of the bounding walls is removed, the ice stream spreads out into an _ice lake_. The Lake of the Sky Lake Tahoe in the High Sierras of California and Nevada, its History, Indians, Discovery by Frémont, Legendary Lore, Various Namings, Physical Characteristics, Glacial Phenomena, Geology, Single Outlet, Automobile Routes, Historic Town
Flakes with concavities exhibiting steep, unifacial retouch were used to whittle or plane wood, and flakes displaying spurs were used to incise bone or antler.
The chapel or church claims greater antiquity than any other in that part of the kingdom; but there is no appearance of this in the external aspect of the present edifice, unless it be in the two eastern windows, which remain unmodernized, and in the lower part of the steeple. The Life of Charlotte Bronte
When love beckons to you,follow him,though his ways are hard and steep.
The trails should provide a skiing flow so there aren't too many long uphills or sharp turns at the bottom of steep downhills.

After climbing a steep rise for about twenty minutes the road crested, then began to slope downwards, taking a more westerly direction.
Along the Leathad Riabhach gully, the Ben More Thrust steepens into a subvertical fault with gneiss to the NE and quartzite to the SW.
Celebrity steeplejack Fred Dibnah was supposed to end his days of felling factory chimneys with the demolition of the 175-ft Park Mill chimney in Royton yesterday.
We only walked for four hours today because of the intense heat and steep incline. The Sun
This appears to have led to his death after he lost control of a scooter on a bridleway above the Wharfe's steep banks near his home. Jimi Heselden obituary
It was made of a mixture of roots of zedoary similar to ginger, lovage and peony, parsnip seeds, mistletoe, myrrh, castor oil and dried millipedes steeped in mugwort tea and brandy. Tales of Passion, Tales of Woe
The decline became progressively steeper the older the civil servants were at the beginning. Times, Sunday Times
There is no royal road to science, and only those who do not dread the fatiguing climb of its steep paths have a chance of gaining its luminous summits.
I would prepare by elevating a bowling machine to try and get used to a trajectory that is steeper and, as the former Australia and Lancashire coach Bob Simpson used to say, loopier. The Ashes 2010: England's beanpole bowlers deliver big advantage
With its two commons, Steeple Fritton was shaped much like a penny-farthing bicycle, Posy had decided in childhood. TICKLED PINK
Merchants could pay a steep price for stiffing shoppers.
At the end, I swoop up again and bank left, taking the aircraft in a steep climb over the surrounding hills.
The steeper decline in seats available suggests that airlines will switch to smaller aircraft. Times, Sunday Times
A narrow track wound steeply up through dense forest.
The escape route then passed through large boulders and up a steep hillside. Times, Sunday Times
The island is an unusual crescent shape with a steep spine that looks down over sheer cliffs on to the sea. Times, Sunday Times
San Francisco is built on 40 hills and some are very steep.
The path's very steep, so be careful you don't fall.
The rocks are deformed into kilometre-scale monoclinal folds, the axes of which plunge moderately to steeply north northwest.
Bert, pictured, who is the third generation of his family to work for the company, was the youngest steeplejack in the city when he started out on April 7, 1953.
Gwen essayed to follow with equal skill, but the stile was a very steep and awkward one, and she needed both hands to hold the drake. The Youngest Girl in the Fifth A School Story
I was anxious as I drove Route 40 through the shaley, steep bit of country, where the hills are close like the bellows of an accordion. CHASING the WHITE DOG
Getting there from the town involves a taxi or the hotel's courtesy bus up a very steep hill. The Sun
Eventually we found the exit and climbed a steep, suburban street into some hills, rising above the great cloverleaf of the freeway into a development of newly built houses.
Under an order from state energy firm Gazprom, Sevmash completed Russia's first ice-resistant offshore production platform, which was tugged out to the Pechora Sea in August to drill at the oil-steeped Prirazlomnoye field. Reuters: Press Release
The conical upper section of the mountain is reached and the well-defined, rocky path zig-zags to the short summit ridge with its steep drop into the ben's north-east corrie.
They grew wealthy overnight and had a beautiful little opera house built in the midst of their shacks on the steep slope.
I could try to swim the river, but the opposite bank was steep and clay-sided and devoid of any trees along the mudflat. The Glass Rainbow
The boneset, comfrey, and cherry bark were steeping in a small pan of hot water set by the fire. Sick Cycle Carousel
The concrete arch was placed in sections, from 25 to 50 ft. in length, with a rather wet mixture and a back form on the steep slope of the extrados. Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers, Vol. LXVIII, Sept. 1910 The New York Tunnel Extension of the Pennsylvania Railroad. The Cross-Town Tunnels. Paper No. 1158
Strong winds have built up large shelves of snow hanging off cliffs and steep mountain sides. Times, Sunday Times
The most westerly point of the island is steeped in history. The Sun
Their characteristic form is that of a long, deep, narrow bay with steep rock walls and basined floor. The Elements of Geology
The mikko descended wooden stairs from his steep-roofed palace, its ridgepole adorned with sculptures of ivory-billed woodpeckers. Fire The Sky
But we spent more than an hour pedalling up the steep hairpin bends. The Sun
The temperature gradient just above the core would become much steeper, for example, causing a much hotter boundary layer.
He likes to pile them up into steepling edifices. Times, Sunday Times
A life of poverty, tradition and religious dread suffuses songs steeped in misery and learnt by word of mouth.
It will not use the relief road unless it is going to the new industrial estate and people may be tempted to take a short cut through the town to avoid the steep incline on the new road.
As we progressed we found ourselves climbing down steeper and higher dry waterfalls, most of which provided a fissure, a runnel, a pleat of rock or an overhanging crag that allowed a relatively easy descent. Richard Bangs: Climbing the Killer Prince -- Merapi Volcano of Java, Part 2
It's bloody dangerous, riding a doped steeplechaser. The Elvis Latte
The path suddenly dipped very steeply down a sandy bank among tall grasses.
To spend a day steeped that deeply in "sense of wonder" is rare indeed, and tent-poled a pretty satisfying year of SF consumption. MIND MELD: The Best Genre-Related Books/Films/Shows Consumed in 2009 (Part 1)
Steep and antithetic platy structure of rock mass and geomorphology of the longitudinal valley in the dam site area cause wide-range toppling deformation on the cross-strait slope.
As the slope steepens, warm, moist air overrunning the cold air is cut off and the precipitation coverage begins to rapidly decrease.
We want them to be steeped in the democratic process and capable of independent thinking on all kinds of issues great and small.
It tumbles through steep gorges and follows a course through affluent Cheshire towns and countryside before its confluence with the Mersey. Times, Sunday Times
The idea of terracing - creating, in effect, broad steps on steep hills - is new to most of Haiti.
I washed it down with a pint of John Smith's, which with my soft friend's lager shandy came to more than £5 a little steep, I am sure you will agree.
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.
Tea was steeped, cakes and cookies presented, comfortable seats procured for the triplet to lounge in.
The steeplechase races will proceed four flat stakes with combined purses of $700,000.
They lead the caravan through the pass, towards the steep descent that marked its exit.
2 miles; strenuous walk, steep ascent; hillwalking footwear. Times, Sunday Times
As the morning gives way to afternoon, the anemic, late-winter sun burns through, lifting the heavy mist and exposing the dramatic steep-sided canyon. A Nation Passing On the Port
He saw the soldiers climbing slowly down a steep, rocky trail.
Steeped in tradition, Kilgarvan is world-renowned for its rich folklore and its many scribes, songwriters and storytellers.
As the citizenry hurried up the steep streets of Citadel in a tide of rumour and fear, the family made its own way to the assembly ground. A TIME OF WAR
They slowly ascended the steep path up the mountain.
Steep it for 10 minutes, allow the tea to cool and soak your feet for 30 minutes.
That evening we dined at a mountain restaurant at Sunegga which can be reached only after a steep ride in a funicular.
Nearshore, the seaward flanks, in the lee of a SSW-directed alongshore flow, are steeper.
Owing to the steep slope of Quebec roofs, the men must lash themselves to the chimney pots to move about.
One side is steep forestry and crags, the other is pretty pasture interspersed with little old woods.
After the first hour or so of gentle ascent through a lava flow the climb steepens.
As the slope got steeper, the sled gathered momentum.
Bear right through the gate off the main path and begin the steep, steep ascent directly to the summit.
Above the treeline take a grassy path leading steeply towards the summit.
As she walked down the steep escalator into the cavelike recess of the Dupont Circle Metro station, she practiced greeting him. Law of Attraction
It is a land of mountains, moorland and hill pasture, with steep river valleys and cliffs.
The spaceship then drops into gliding flight and fires its rocket motor while climbing steeply for more than a minute, reaching a speed of 2,500 mph.
The Kelly home in Tullyhill, Rathcormack, is steeped in music.
But banks could end up paying a steep price for such fees if any of the complex deals start to unravel - a higher risk in the middle of an economic downturn.
Herbal teas, some made from steeped leaves or flowers and some derived from boiling bark or roots, used to be called simples, notes the herbal expert. Undefined
Because the downgoing slab of lithosphere is heavier than the plastic asthenosphere below, it tends to sink passively; and the older the lithosphere, the steeper the dip.
The steep banks of the Ohio River are largely tree-covered as they pass through Cincinnati.
Any such lateral motions could contribute to the absence or thinness of distal marine tephra layers on submarine high points or steep slopes.
That was no surprise as she was a member of a family steeped in sport and she was always proud of the success of her nephews and nieces.
To go over the Andes by rail entailed very steep gradients indeed, and when I come to write about rack railways I will come back to them.
Almost on the verge of the steep-to wall of rock was a large and regularly built "humpy," in which Douglas Fraser and Kate lived. Tom Gerrard
On the long, steep scarp between the iron age hillfort above and ploughed fields below are white signs carved into the turf.
The steeper decline in seats available suggests that airlines will switch to smaller aircraft. Times, Sunday Times
As we left Girvan, with the sun shining, the wind blowing in its usual and helpful easterly direction, we climbed away from the town on a good open track which, despite the steep gradient, added to a sense of keen anticipation.
Energy companies are set to impose another round of punishing price increases on consumers, despite a steep slide in the wholesale price of gas. Times, Sunday Times
Lanes head in chaotic directions up and around steep hills. The Sun
Then finding no longer any refuge from inevitable captivity, except in the waters of the Elster, the brave prince had thrown himself into it without considering the impassable steepness of the opposite bank, and in a few moments he with his horse was ingulfed beneath the waves. Complete Project Gutenberg Collection of Memoirs of Napoleon
A cart was making its way up the steep hill on which the village stood.
In the past India has been portrayed as a country steeped in history with fantastic archeological monuments and elephants and camels and so on. Times, Sunday Times
This massive monetary expansion has been accompanied by a steep downtrend in the federal funds rate.
The stand is surrounded on both sides by steep slopes of sandstone talus.
He was steeped in modern history.
The steep increase in tuition fees has not deterred poor students from going to university. Times, Sunday Times
The Kavanagh family is steeped in local history, having been involved in the famous Evictions of 1860 and having also had close links with the Tourmakeady Ambush of 1921.
Stretched upon a low child's bed, of the sort called trundle-bed in those days, which could be wheeled under the high-legged bed of the parents, lay the bridegroom, in his wedding-dress and gaitered shoes, with his steeple-crowned hat upon the faded calico quilt beside him, and his face as red as burning fever could make it. The Entailed Hat Or, Patty Cannon's Times
The road has a fairly steep gradient.
Christopher Barreca's set is a round arena behind which stretches a steeply raked platform, half of which sometimes turns into a set of stairs.
Ratios should be spaced so on changing up, the engine operates in the area of steep torque rise.
The deeper stretches of the steep drop-off show foliose or plate-like forms of Pachyseris, Leptoseris and Montipora at 20-30 m depth. Tubbataha Reef Marine Park, Philippines
But for a uniform service which is steeped in its history, culture and tradition, it is not just about the technical skills that you bring, it is this recognition of peer solidarity.
The path is steep and dangerous in the wet.
Its main driver, though, seems to be the attempt to legislate away the problems of a post-colonial country steeped in racism of all kinds.
Beyond the strip of level ground there is a ‘short steep preparatory slope’ (a one-in-three incline, as we later learn), slaty and with only the sparsest vegetation.
This train spirals up a steep mountain gorge, climbing 2,800 ft in 40 minutes.
Again, there are echoes of Shakespeare, who liked to coin words such as vasty, steepy, and plumpy. On useful tautology
There is no royal road to science, and only those who do not dread the fatiguing climb of its steep paths have a chance of gaining its luminous summits.
The steep increase in tuition fees has not deterred poor students from going to university. Times, Sunday Times
At Gusev Crater, Spirit had to divert from her original course up Husband Hill because the slopes were too steep and the sandy terrain too slippery.
The second mile is a huge drop into Brooklyn, and by about halfway, in the borough of Queens, 12 flat miles are followed by a climb, a drop and another steep climb.
The steep, mountainous Volcanic Subalpine Forests ecoregion is composed of volcanic and igneous rocks, predominately andesitic with areas of basalt. Ecoregions of Colorado (EPA)
When LASIK is performed for hyperopia, the corneal surface is gently steepened by the laser.
They steeped the leaves in boiling water, then sudsed the liquid with soap and sprinkled the concoction upon their vegetables. Morgan’s Run
Pedestrians took their lives in their hands running the tree-lined gauntlet, forced to scramble up steep bankings if two vehicles met on the narrow stretch.
The hill was very steep and I soon ran out of puff.
The hills have been grazed by sheep because they were too steep to be ploughed.
White Americans saw an even steeper decline in antiblack bias: to 3.6 in the 2000s from 9.1 in the '50s, but they perceived antiwhite bias shooting up to 4.7 from 1.8 in that period. Week in Ideas
Their steeply raked windshields and low seats gave them a track-ready look but made them awkward to use (though they are comfortable enough once you're inside).
It was absolutely horrible going up the hills 'cos they were really, really steep.
The pilots tried various procedures to loosen the landing gear -- such as jimmying the control lever back and forth, trying the manual release, and G-moves, a series of steep inclines and declines to jostle it loose. Undefined
A mallard suddenly took wing, rising steeply into the air with an angry squawk.
It tackled steep inclines, rocky surfaces, muddy tracks and sand dunes with aplomb and at no time did I feel it would bog down or fail to scale rocky obstacles.
Here's a neat-looking, low-priced, compact MPV from a Korean brand engaged on a steep rise in quality, desirability and credibility. The Independent - Frontpage RSS Feed
Some regions have seen steeper rises for electricity. Times, Sunday Times
We take all morning to climb the steep ridge, scrambling over huge granite boulders, taking care not to dislodge stones, which might hit hikers below.
Potholing, creation of a steep-sided bowlshaped cavity, may be caused by loss of surfacing, basecourse erosion, advanced cracking under traffic or severe weather, or water-induced blowouts.
The topography of the actual route with its monuments and trails, its rivers and bridges, its steep hills and precipitous valleys, is meticulously represented.
From his seat on the floor, he could see the church, its steeple glowing, soft and pale and ghostly.
It's a steep ascent but the compensation is a swift gaining of the ridge.
Its straggle of brightly-coloured box-like houses is dramatically set between steep stark mountains and a sound strewn, even at the height of midsummer, with huge stately icebergs.
Add the red onion and a grind or two of black pepper, stir to immerse the onion slivers in liquid, and set aside to steep for 15 minutes.
The small cove is at the bottom of a very steep cliff road that is slippery when wet, and a car, heavily laden with dive equipment, can find getting up or down a struggle.
Getting on to the platforms is a huge problem for him as he is faced with steep flights of stairs he must climb before reaching the platforms.
This woody, hilly temperate land with occasionally steep, sometimes even terraced vineyards of limestone and clay is ideal for the production of relatively delicate, fruity white wines.
The terrain is bumpy, crisscrossed by steep elevations and ridges not running parallel to the river and bisected by numerous ravines.
The approach is via steep steps through lush Mediterranean vegetation. Times, Sunday Times
But the country's army of subcomponent manufactures may face a steeper road to recovery. Japan to Steer Funds to Its Auto-Parts Makers
I fell down seven steep stairs on Saturday morning, a walloping, raucous ride on my butt bone into the basement.
Dear Mollie -- I was glad to know that bound with the fetters of Science, and depressed by thought, you were Struggling yet to ascend the rugged Steep -- where "Star eyed Science" and fame unfold their banners to every anxious aspirant, and under whose folds of magnitude and magnificence all alike are permitted to recumb, and recur those who have in vagrancy strayed "tracing Shadows" -- beware of Letter from Young John Allen to Mollie Houston,June 2, 1854
The image most people have of a tsunami is a large, steep wave breaking on the shore.
The Nationals had the advantage of position, their lines projecting in wedge-form towards the Confederate centre, with steep rocky acclivities along their front.
She wants you to feed her cats for four weeks that's a bit steep!
In going down a steep incline the rider must throw himself right back and hold in the horse with the bit, to prevent himself being hurled headforemost down the slope himself if not his horse. On Horsemanship
Then there is the bounce, which is steep and sharp. Times, Sunday Times
Swiss chalets have steeply slanting roofs, so that snow does not settle on them.
These ancient scholars were steeped in poetry and painting, as well as maths and astronomy.
In this steep economic downturn, markets are flushing out overcapacity, winnowing the weak from the strong.
According to Meech, a number of Japanese dealers went him one better, and aged prints by steeping them in tea or a solution of soot and water.
Few of us are blessed with ideal situations, often having to endure steep slopes, narrow alley-ways or deep shade.
There has been a steep increase/rise in prices.
It feels fairly hardcore what with starting off in a steepish cycle ride up Morrell Avenue and then on, getting second wind, past the various hospitals such as the Churchill and the Nuffield, across the crossroads which takes you over the ringroad and then oh my let's walk the bikes from here due to steepness. Ooh, very nice weekend, but did I say relaxing?
Timmy Murphy, a leading steeplechase jockey in England, received a seven-day suspension on Monday for apparently throwing his whip at his mount after they both fell in a race at Plumpton.
The use of pre-set anchor lugs in the subbase to prevent long-term slab movements on the steep grade prevented concrete trucks from backing down the grade to deliver concrete.
In public debate the loud dissenters are steeped in the liberal creed.
The customer also added that the car seemed to run strange whenever she was descending a hill or steep grade.
Big corporations, meanwhile, will get hit especially hard by the steep rise in property taxes.
Seismic reflection data from NW James Ross Island show maximum dips of 15 to the SE in the subsurface, indicating that the steep dips are confined to a zone close to the basin margin.
With a steep L curve and a shallow I curve, the effect on aggregate demand will be much greater.
The charges are so steep that they have stopped many householders going ahead with plans for extra space. Times, Sunday Times
On the other side of the road a steep ravine led to a babbling stream. Times, Sunday Times
The wind is blowing fresh out of the east, funneling up the river, and the tide is ebbing hard, setting up a steep chop.
This development has resulted in extensive denudation of these catchment areas and an attendant loss of vegetative cover on the steep slopes, an increase in the incidence of landslides, soil erosion, and siltation of drainage systems in the valley bottoms and ultimately, increased incidence of flash flooding. Water profile of St. Lucia
I would tuck the rear wheel in a little closer and steepen the seat tube angle, for compactness and to distribute a little weight to the feet.
On either side of it, the city seemed to give way entirely for the airway; it hung, suspended, like a floating river cutting through a steep, shining landscape.
Instead of the relatively flat, even terrain farther north, the Mauricie is known for everything from rolling hills to steep slopes and harshly broken, rocky terrain.
Is there steep land near the garden? Times, Sunday Times
For a party steeped in a history of armed struggle they are none too keen on radical activism.
Christian joined his son on the steep bank of the wadi. WHEN THE APRICOTS BLOOM
He made his way up the steep stairs, his back bowed under the weight of the heavy bag.
The lavas are cut by steep normal faults which have a maximum throw of a few hundred metres at slow spreading centres, and smaller throws at faster spreading rates.
They were both breathing hard from the steep climb.
About it stood fir-trees, short and bent, and its sides were steep and clothed with harts-tongue and shrubs of whortle-berry. The Fellowship of the Ring
The Royal Procession, started by George IV in 1825, is steeped in history, and involves landaus, light carriages used for short distances, the first of which was made in 1838.
After 350 metres, it becomes very steep, it isn't gravelled and is not suitable for wheelchairs.
Armstrong himself said the group was "livid" with the lengthy seventh stage Friday that concluded with a dangerous and steep descent through the rain. Cavendish wins 9th stage of Giro amid rider protest
Yucatán Maya mostly live in huts of plastered limestone or tree trunks with steep thatched roofs.
It starts with a steepish mogul field which, once conquered, boosts the confidence.
Your cuisine is steeped in the traditions of your family and the region.
Walk alongside Mosedale Beck and after a short while gaze in awe at the steep ascent summoning you.
Down went the sun and down, not diving steeply, but passing northward as it sank, and then suddenly daylight and the expansive warmth of daylight had gone altogether, and the index of the statoscope quivered over to The War in the Air
a steep roof sheds snow
This shaft also carries the main cogwheel which engages with a rack between the running rails on the section where the steepness of the gradient calls for its use.
The higher coercivity component has a inclination that is steeper than expected and a NW declination.
But, heigho! some fly or other is the indispensable adjunct of every pot of ointment, and while I was still jumping for joy at having passed the steep barrier of such a Rubicon, there came a letter from Miss JESSIMINA which constrained me to cachinnate upon the wrong side of nose! Baboo Jabberjee, B.A.
She was of a burnt sorrel hue, with a little mixture of dapple-grey spots, but above all she had horrible tail; for it was little more or less than every whit as great as the steeple-pillar of St. Mark beside Langes: and squared as that is, with tuffs and ennicroches or hair-plaits wrought within one another, no otherwise than as the beards are upon the ears of corn. Five books of the lives, heroic deeds and sayings of Gargantua and his son Pantagruel
Then there's the wonderfully blue pool, two saunas, two steam rooms and two Jacuzzis, changing rooms steeped in aromatic unctions and potions, hair dryers, cozzie dryers, private showers and complimentary towels.
Squinting at the sudden brightness, she hurried over to the watch tower and scaled the steep stairs.
Two decrepit beech trees still stand on the rim of the brambly circle on the hill above steep woods by Vernigo. Country diary: St Mellion, Tamar Valley
It is also likely that mass movement is much more common during periods when glaciers are retreating; large moraines and steep valley sides are then unstable because they are no longer supported by the glacier.
The plane started descending at a steep angle.
The beach itself was quite steep, and there was a very severe backwash.
The track rolled down a steep descent and then gathered itself again in tight knots and ruts which led us through a long, spreading puddle to an estate gate.
Half an hour later, as Dawn and I made our way down the steep, uncarpeted stairs, Emily met us at the bottom.
Without action, the death toll is predicted to climb steeply. Times, Sunday Times
They walked for miles across steep and inhospitable terrain.
A little chimney jutted out of the back of the roof, beyond the steeple.
The Connemara ponies settled in and seemed surefooted in sharp, jumbled rocks, deep mud and steep angled inclines and declines.

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