5 sentences with 'cliffs'
Example sentences and phrases with the word cliffs and other words derived from it.
• « Constantinople was impregnable for centuries. Strong walls protected it in the west, and it was surrounded by cliffs leading down to the sea (and its harbours) on all other sides. »
• « As a member of a rescue squad, Smythe had climbed up and down cliffs hundreds of times in the same area where the accident occurred. »
• « The investigator knew that a person falling down any of these cliffs would dislodge rocks that would fall from a height of 90 metres, making a noise. »
• « In the high desert of New Mexico, the Anasazi, whose name means 'ancient enemy' or 'ancient ones', carved houses into steep cliffs accessed by ladders or ropes that could be dragged down at night or in case of enemy attack. »
• « On the 25th of April 1915, New Zealand sent troops to Gallipoli under the command of British General Alexander Godly, along with Australian soldiers, to help seize Constantinople. Due to a navigational error, however, they landed at the wrong point, and the steep cliffs in the cove they had disembarked at offered the Turkish defenders a significant vantage point. »