hillside
1 Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of hillside
1350–1400; Middle English; Old English hyll sīde
Example Sentences
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Thermal imaging footage provided by Korea Wildlife Protection Association showed the wolf moving along a wooded hillside near the zoo on Wednesday, Reuters news agency reported.
From BBC • Apr. 10, 2026
In the 1980s it was stranded on a hillside in the sculpture garden and later sent for display at Pasadena’s Art Center College of Design.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 8, 2026
In 2016, geologist Rowan Martindale was hiking across a hillside in Morocco when something unusual caught her eye.
From Science Daily • Apr. 3, 2026
In a quiet office park tucked in a hillside, technicians at fusion company TAE Technologies make adjustments to a 40-foot-long tube of nickel-chromium alloy.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 28, 2026
Dotted across the hillside were the remains of his digging efforts: stones and dirt cast aside in sloppy heaps.
From "Ruby Holler" by Sharon Creech
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