Example sentences for: precipice

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

  • He united the Western coalition, and he led Gorbachev over the precipice.

  • If you want to cool off, explore the monumental Pozzo di San Patrizio, a 16th-century well dug 63 m (206 ft) down into the volcanic rock on the nort heast edge of the precipice.

  • Half the pleasure of this lovely town dramatically perched on a rocky precipice is a first glimpse of it from afar (not so very different today from Turner’s 1828 painting in London’s Tate Gallery).

  • But come instead for the spectacular view from the 297-m- (974-ft-) high Salto di Tiberio (Tiberius’ Leap) precipice, said to be the last pleasure enjoyed by the emperor’s enemies before they were hurled over the edge.

  • But the golden glow of the temples’ Doric columns and the idyllic setting amid acadia and almond trees on a precipice overlooking the Mediterranean are enough to encourage you to worship a whole pantheon of Greek gods.


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