In front of us a slight elevation could be discerned, crowned by a small church in the midst of a clump of trees, the surroundings of which were neatly hedged meadows and cornfields.
The chief feature at Tikal is the occurrence of many palaces or temples of hewn stone in mortar, on the summit of hills usually of slight elevation.
During the forenoon the sharp shooters lay quietly behind the crest of a slight elevation in support of a battery thus engaged.
They soon struck a line of rebels in position on the crest of a slight elevation, and brisk firing commenced; the advance, however, not being checked, they soon cleared the hill of the enemy and occupied it themselves.
Dashing forward one or two hundred yards, the skirmishers took position along and behind the crest of a slight elevation crowned by hedges and scattered clumps of bushes.
On the occasion of the incident about to be mentioned, the picket post was on the crest of a low ridge, or slight elevation, and under some big oak trees by an old tumble-down deserted building which had at one time been a blacksmith shop.
It sloped down gently, then it rose gradually to a long, bare ridge, or slight elevation of ground, which extended parallel to our front.
The spot at this post where the picket stood when on guard was at the top of a bank on the summit of a slight elevation, just at the edge of a deep and narrow railroad cut.
There was a battery of light artillery on this line, about a quarter of a mile to our right, on a slight elevation of the ground.
Before the north front was raised an isolated boulevard of earth, D, of slight elevation, but commanding the road of the plateau.
There they were greeted by a sudden shower of darts and stones; but they unhesitatingly rushed upon the intrenchment, which presented only a slight elevation and a shallow ditch, thinking to carry it easily.
The ramparts, whose timber work had decayed, had sunk, and presented only a slight elevation.
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "slight elevation" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
