Example sentences for: outcrop

How can you use “outcrop” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • The atmospheric and intensely Portuguese village of Monsanto, located about 50 km (31 miles) to the northeast of Castelo Branco, balances on a dramatic rocky outcrop between massive boulders.

  • Soaks are shallow wells sunk near the base of an outcrop to tap an underground reservoir.

  • Perched on an outcrop overlooking Spain, the easygoing town is the highest in Portugal (at 862 m/2,800 ft).

  • Québec is said to be derived from an Algonquin word meaning “where the river narrows,” and this becomes most apparent when you see the city’s great outcrop of rock, jutting out over the St. Lawrence.

  • It takes no great imagination to see the resemblance of this outcrop to an elephant drinking in the river; the space between the trunk and the body has been hollowed through.


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