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[ UK /pɹˈɒməntəɹˌi/ ]
NOUN
  1. a natural elevation (especially a rocky one that juts out into the sea)

How To Use promontory In A Sentence

  • Below the promontory was a level area, perfect for a trading settlement. Champlain's Dream
  • Once you gain the promontory of grandparenthood, these things last for only short whiles, not for 20 straight years like they used to.
  • Standing proudly on an isolated promontory, this 13th century stronghold once commanded the whole upper part of the Great Glen.
  • The lighthouse at Portland Bill, a famous landmark on the promontory for mariners, stands 135 feet high and was built around 1903
  • Both ponds were divided from the lake by a low promontory of land that encircled them.
  • Just over the promontory is an isthmus with a small sheltered beach semi-enclosed by two rocky arms. Tenacatita: hidden jewel
  • A coastal path climbs spectacularly over a rocky promontory and brings you to L' Estagnol, where you will find a sheltered sandy cove.
  • The Oyster Residence is a seven-bedroom eco-retreat perched on a rocky promontory and surrounded by a pine forest that comes all the way down to the shores of the eastern Mediterranean.
  • Tomas pointed out the promontory forts that are dotted around the area.
  • Then, across the width of the steep valley she saw the ruins of a building on a promontory of rock. WHEN THE APRICOTS BLOOM
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