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How to use hilltop in a sentence

16 example sentences · noun

Hilltop means the peak or crest of a hill. Example: “The castle was an imposing sight on the hilltop.”

Examples of hilltop by meaning

nounThe peak or crest of a hill.

  • The territory should be small enough to be surveyed in its entirety from a hilltop.1946, Bertrand Russell, History of Western Philosophy, I.21
  • After crossing the flatlands Lincoln, with its magnificent hilltop cathedral, comes into view before we pull into the station, with its lovely Tudor revival-style buildings.2024 October 30, Paul Bigland, “The heat is on... and will the railway fray?”, in RAIL, number 1021, page 48

More sentences with hilltop

  • The castle was an imposing sight on the hilltop.From the entry imposing
  • The hilltops are all covered in snow.From the entry covered
  • The rumbling of distant thunder echoed from the hilltop.From the entry rumbling
  • Most of the new towns developed on hilltops using the materials from ancient akropoleis.2003, Alan Harvey, Economic Expansion in the Byzantine Empire, 900–1200, page 207. From the entry akropoleis
  • These ridgelines and hilltops are exceptional aesthetic and ecological resources, visible from many perspectives and distances.a. 2003, Zoning regulations of the Town of Clinton, New York, §2.5, cited in…. From the entry ridgeline
  • Stands of ciboa darken the valleys, and massive tabbas, wide around as Big Ben, transfix the hilltops.1982, TC Boyle, Water Music, Penguin, published 2006, page 94. From the entry ciboa
  • At that point the cuesta is 10 miles wide but the hilltops have an eastward descent of only about 62 feet.1965, Lawrence Martin, The Physical Geography of Wisconsin, Univ of Wisconsin Press, →ISBN, page 217. From the entry weathering
  • I, Susan, remember dressing exotically, eating organic foods, and exploring the duende of deep flamenco passion, playing the guitar on hilltops on moonful nights.2008, Susan Zwinger, Ann Zwinger, “Learning Nature Through the Senses”, in Teaching About Place: Learning from the Land, University of…. From the entry moonful
  • Some of these hilltops – Sidbury, Quarley, Danebury and Woolbury – were later, in the sixth and fifth centuries, appropriated for the building of hillforts.1983, Barry Cunliffe, chapter 3, in Danebury Hillfort, Stroud: Tempus. From the entry -bury
  • As expected it has plentiful rainfall; however, the climate is cold and humid and, in fact the hilltops are often covered in mist.[1978 June 10, A. G. Mervyn Madge, “The potential of plants in remote China”, in Chemist & Druggist, Benn Publications Ltd., →ISSN, →OCLC…. From the entry Shennongjia
  • Sometimes she scrabbled through the drifts on hilltops and found a few wizened bearberries or a handful of rock-tripe, a kind of moss.1952, Farley Mowat, People of the Deer, Key Porter, published 2005, page 26. From the entry bearberry
  • The British tradition of afternoon tea is still observed on the last Friday of each month, from January to August, at the hilltop mansion of the governor-general in Nassau.2011, Darwin Porter, Frommer's Bahamas 2012, page 67. From the entry afternoon tea
  • The ruck passes clean through bramble hedges, scattering the circling crowd when the ‘bottle’ breaks loose into the hilltop meadow full of ice-cream vans, pushchairs, picnics and ambulances.2008, 1000 Things to Do in Britain, Time Out Guides, →ISBN, page 106. From the entry ice-cream van
  • It's got everything : sandy beaches, where the seals bob up and yabble to you; cliffs with guillemots, kittiwakes and puffins; dozens of caves; hilltops with eagles; trees; skylarks.1963, Robin Jenkins, A Love of Innocence, page 27. From the entry yabble

Meaning of hilltop

  1. noun The peak or crest of a hill.

Full definition of hilltop

Questions about hilltop in a sentence

How do you use hilltop in a sentence?
Hilltop is used as a noun. For example: “The castle was an imposing sight on the hilltop.”
What is a short sentence with hilltop?
“The hilltops are all covered in snow.”
What does hilltop mean?
Hilltop means the peak or crest of a hill.

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