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Their great anxiety to trade for powder indicated their lack of that article and partly explained the precipitousness of their retreat.

From A Canyon Voyage The Narrative of the Second Powell Expedition down the Green-Colorado River from Wyoming, and the Explorations on Land, in the Years 1871 and 1872 by Dellenbaugh, Frederick Samuel

Owing to the precipitousness of the banks, I was unable to gain my object, and was therefore compelled to remain in the stream.

From Forest Life and Forest Trees: comprising winter camp-life among the loggers, and wild-wood adventure. with Descriptions of lumbering operations on the various rivers of Maine and New Brunswick by Springer, John S.

The knoll fell away in bushy precipitousness to the plain below.

From Tramping Through Mexico, Guatemala and Honduras — Being the Random Notes of an Incurable Vagabond by Franck, Harry Alverson

The precipitousness of the affair had taken her breath away and driven all thought in mad rout from her mind.

From Carmen Ariza by Stocking, Charles Francis

The loftiest peak is about three thousand feet above the sea, but on account of the extreme precipitousness of the island it appears much higher.

From The Cruise of the 'Alerte' The narrative of a search for treasure on the desert island of Trinidad by Knight, E. F. (Edward Frederick)