downhill

Example Sentences

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Nowadays, the event is classed as an extreme sport and dubbed one of the UK's toughest downhill races.

From BBC • May 25, 2026

The resulting floods tore through the landscape, carving deep channels as the water rushed downhill.

From Science Daily • May 15, 2026

"Walking downhill, whenever your foot slides into the very end of your shoe is when it maybe gives me a bit of bother but it's totally fine. A mountain out of a molehill."

From BBC • May 13, 2026

Most Saturday mornings, I stroll half a mile downhill from my tiny apartment in a bosky part of San Francisco to a farmers market.

From Los Angeles Times • May 5, 2026

I feel like I died a hundred yards downhill, and now my spirit is trapped here, doomed to haunt this place, reliving the climb, and the thirst, and the flames for all eternity.

From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman