Matterhorn
- a mountain on the border of Switzerland and Italy, in the Pennine Alps. 14,780 feet (4505 meters).
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Contemporary Examples of matterhorn
As I approached the summit of the Matterhorn Peak last week, I discovered the same sense of concentration.
Michael Ybarra’s Death Underscores the Allure and Dangers of Solo ClimbingScott C. Johnson
July 15, 2012
Recognition is showering down now on Marlantes and Matterhorn, his 592-page debut.
Matterhorn deserves the burgeoning attention and wide readership.
The climactic assault on Matterhorn depicts the chaos, randomness, exhilaration, and tragedies of combat.
Historical Examples of matterhorn
Friends, we shall come to such places on the Matterhorn of life.
Lotus BudsAmy Carmichael
And she no more lost it than she went to New York that time to climb the Matterhorn.
The PrisonerAlice Brown
My Matterhorn had been climbed, “the pikes of darkness named and stormed.”
Journeys to BagdadCharles S. Brooks
The stone avalanches of the Matterhorn and Weisshorn are illustrations in point.
Fragments of science, V. 1-2John Tyndall
If he uses his pen for an Alpine stock, the Matterhorn is his.
When Winter Comes to Main StreetGrant Martin Overton
Matterhorn
- a mountain on the border between Italy and Switzerland, in the Pennine Alps. Height: 4477 m (14 688 ft)French name: Mont Cervin Italian name: Monte Cervino (ˈmonte tʃerˈviːno)
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Matterhorn
Matterhorn
Mountain in the Alps on the border of Switzerland and Italy, celebrated for its distinctive shape.