Example Sentences
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Just up the sloped bank, Antonio Solano and Erick Torres were sweeping outside their tent, where they live under the Glendale Freeway.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 13, 2026
The vineyard for the domaine’s namesake wine is in the village of Vosne-Romanée, where vines grow on a gently sloped plot of less than 5 acres.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 31, 2026
Now that his youngest son had moved out, the 56-year-old retired home builder wanted to downsize from his 6-acre, sloped property to a 2,200 square-foot house in Hayden, Idaho, which he had built himself.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 20, 2025
And the head of the Secret Service, Kimberly Cheatle, said that their own agents weren’t on that roof because it was sloped and therefore dangerous, which is a strange response.
From Slate ● Jul. 24, 2024
The shoulders of the mountain to their right sloped down to bare hills.
From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien
