steepness

How To Use steepness In A Sentence

• Then finding no longer any refuge from inevitable captivity, except in the waters of the Elster, the brave prince had thrown himself into it without considering the impassable steepness of the opposite bank, and in a few moments he with his horse was ingulfed beneath the waves. Complete Project Gutenberg Collection of Memoirs of Napoleon
• It feels fairly hardcore what with starting off in a steepish cycle ride up Morrell Avenue and then on, getting second wind, past the various hospitals such as the Churchill and the Nuffield, across the crossroads which takes you over the ringroad and then oh my let's walk the bikes from here due to steepness. Ooh, very nice weekend, but did I say relaxing?
• This shaft also carries the main cogwheel which engages with a rack between the running rails on the section where the steepness of the gradient calls for its use.
• The situation is already difficult because of the steepness of the slope without the complications imposed by the roots.
• Elevations in the sampled area ranged from 451 m to 548 m, with slopes varying in steepness from 1-68%.
• In both cases, the steepness of the slope tended to encourage the equipment to drift downslope, although much less for the static slicing method.
• The dense foliage and shrubs made discerning the steepness very difficult until you were actually up in the gulley scrambling around.
• The skis cut through space and I perceive the steepness of the slope with extraordinary acuteness.
• These are three towering water chutes, in varying levels of steepness, down which you plunge in a rubber dinghy.
• Artillery salvos can be fired farther, and it seems that bit easier to pick off an advancing armor unit that has had its mobility reduced considerably as a result of the steepness of the slope.