steep

[stiːp]

Definition:
1. Rising or falling quickly, not gradually.
2. Sudden and very big.
3. Too much; unreasonable.

Use 'steep' in a sentence:

• 1. This hill is too steep to ride upon a bicycle.
• 2. The steep pavement was too narrow for them to walk abreast.
• 3. Climbing steep stairs to the choir gallery you peer into a cavernous interior.
• 4. I've got it plotted here which is even more steep than that.
• 5. At the other side of the valley was a steep ascent to the top of the hill.
• 6. The road grew even steeper and more perilous.
• 7. It's a drink made by steeping pineapple rind in water.
• 8. San Francisco is built on 40 hills and some are very steep.
• 9. The place was crowded and we had to climb steep stairs to find an empty table.
• 10. They climbed a steep embankment.
• 11. She watched his slow progress down the steep slope.
• 12. The hotel perched precariously on a steep hillside.
• 13. The coastal cities of Liguria sit on narrow strips of land lying under steep mountains.
• 14. The car can't come up, as the slope is so steep.
• 15. Who would have expected that he could climb up that steep cliff?
• 16. The hill was very steep and I soon ran out of puff.
• 17. Consumers are rebelling at steep price increases.
• 18. He said they were unrealistic and steeped in the past.
• 19. We drove up a steep-sided valley.
• 20. The town is perched on the edge of a steep, precipitous cliff.
• 21. A narrow steep path leads down into a valley and up the far side.
• 22. The horses laboured up the steep slope.
• 23. Always take care when driving down steep hills.
• 24. Potatoes and tobacco are grown in Andorra's steep mountain valleys.
• 25. That forced peasant farmers to try to eke a living off steep hillsides.
• 26. He was scrabbling for a foothold on the steep slope.
• 27. The girls ran down the steep grassy bank.
• 28. The road passes over a steep mountain.
• 29. They still had to climb a steep ascent that lay behind Peter's hut.
• 30. He came to a halt at the edge of a steep incline.
• 31. The steep sidewalk was too narrow for them to walk abreast.
• 32. The courses are long and punishing, with steep gradients.
• 33. She drove up a steep grade and then began the long descent into the desert.
• 34. The bodies of the three climbers were located at the bottom of a steep gully.
• 35. This region is steeped in tradition.
• 36. £ 2 for a cup of coffee seems a little steep to me.
• 37. The path led up a steep hill.
• 38. The path was steeper and less travelled than the previous one.
• 39. The steep, stony ground is well drained.
• 40. The children clambered up the steep bank.
• 41. The plane was coming in at a steep angle.
• 42. The path grew steeper as we climbed higher.
• 43. She started once again on the steep upward climb.
• 44. They spent a month steeping themselves in Chinese culture.
• 45. Both he and the crew are on a steep learning curve.
• 46. They climbed upward along the steep cliffs surrounding the village.
• 47. The climbers had to negotiate a steep rock face.
• 48. The main crop is wheat and this is grown even on the very steep slopes.
• 49. The primroses should begin to seed themselves down the steep hillside.