declivity
noun
declivities
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pluralof declivity.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Tucked into this landscape are hidden canyons, plunging declivities formed by water and wind, spots the novelist Denis Johnson once referred to as the “secrets of the horizons,” and today I am heading for one.
From New York Times ● May 14, 2012
He knew, in Yeats' phrase, their dark declivities.
From Time Magazine Archive
Dragging their mountain artillery through profound snowdrifts, up incredible declivities, they slowly encircled Rombak Heights, moving patiently from crag to crag to blast German machine-gun nests on crags opposite.
From Time Magazine Archive
But Jack was pointing to the high declivities that led down from the mountain to the flatter part of the island.
From "Lord of the Flies" by William Golding
One great source of danger is that there are many declivities which can be descended but not ascended, and it would be easy to get hopelessly imprisoned at the foot of one of these.
From The Cruise of the 'Alerte' The narrative of a search for treasure on the desert island of Trinidad by E. F. (Edward Frederick) Knight
