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Example sentences for "slight rise"

  • At last, on ascending a slight rise, he fancied that he could make out a black mass, at a distance of a quarter of a mile.

  • Daylight came at last; and when it was light enough to see we stopped and took a look from a slight rise, and there, across the plain, we could see the road just where we expected.

  • For the first three or four miles nothing was seen save the boundless green plain, extending in all directions; and then, upon ascending a slight rise, they saw in the dip before them two ostriches.

  • Our encampment was at a creek on the south side of a slight rise, with Bauhinia trees, and near good water-holes.

  • Daylight came at last; and when it was light enough to see, we stopped and took a look from a slight rise, and there, across the plain, we could see the road just where we expected.

  • Repeated the application for a longer time; slight rise.

  • A slight rise in the centre of the hemp field cut off the view of the road from the woods, and now the commander of the Confederate forces thought he saw a clear opening before him, leading directly for Rutherford Creek.

  • The first battalion was ordered to halt and take a safe place behind a slight rise of ground to the northwest of the trestle.

  • There was a slight rise of ground, and it was the intention of the Confederate commander to have his left wing sneak around this.

  • Here there was a slight rise of ground, beyond which stood the barn.

  • A slight rise, even of ten feet, in the water beyond the tidal change, must overflow a vast portion of such very low country; many evidences of this having taken place were observed.

  • This part of the river is subject to a tidal influence, producing a slight rise, which takes place about four hours after the time of high-water at the mouth.

  • It is rendered remarkable by a slight rise in the land behind it, forming low mounds or hillocks.

  • The probability of error for the larger number of digits, 7 and 8, decreased in a marked way with the development of pubescence, at least up to fourteen years, with the suggestion of a slight rise again at fifteen.

  • The number of boys who chose the father's occupation attained its maximum at nine and its minimum at twelve, with a slight rise to fourteen, when the survey ended.

  • In games of choice, boys showed a slight rise at sixteen and seventeen, and girls a rapid increase at eleven and a still more rapid one after sixteen.


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    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    attempt made; dear husband; eggs were; giveth thee; good while; great race; moved away; slight change; slight degree; slight frown; slight gesture; slight laugh; slight pause; slight resemblance; slight sketch; slight start; slight touch; slightly bitter; slightly compressed; slightly different; slightly downy; slightly hairy; slightly less; slightly salted; tailed eagle; where possible