Example sentences for: steeply

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

  • A tomb with a steeply inclined entrance, that of Princess Yong Tai, has a mural which is full of intriguing details depicting the court maidens attending the princess (who was to die at the age of 17).

  • USA Today leads with President Clinton's expected proposal today of a $280 million increase in federal funds targeting the enforcement of current gun control laws, a move the paper says is explicitly calculated to meet a recurring NRA criticism: that federal firearms prosecutions have steeply declined under Clinton.

  • One glance at the narrow, steeply twisting road on either side will be enough to realize why, up to only a few years ago, the picturesque tiny village of Masca could only be reached on the back of a donkey.

  • There, the Stairs of Nine Turnings wind steeply down one side of the statue to the feet.

  • Seed plant and mammalian family richness per unit area declines more steeply in the northern hemisphere than in the south (Woodward 1987; Gaston et al.


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