Below you will find example sentences with "rocky mountains". The examples show how this phrase is used in natural context and which words often surround it.
Rocky Mountains in a sentence
Corpus data
- Displayed example sentences: 20
- Discovered as a combination around: mountains
- Corpus frequency in the collocation scan: 14
- Phrase length: 2 words
- Average sentence length: 26.3 words
Sentence profile
- Phrase position: 5 start, 7 middle, 8 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis
- The phrase "rocky mountains" has 2 words and usually appears near the end in these examples. The average sentence has 26.3 words and is mostly made up of statements.
- Around this phrase, patterns and context words such as of the rocky mountains, alberta s rocky mountains, colorado, north and river stand out.
- In the phrase index, this combination connects with rocky mountain, blue mountains, white mountains and white mountains, linking the page to nearby combinations.
Example types with rocky mountains
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I like that we get the view of the Rocky Mountains. (11 words)
Geology seeAlso The rocks in the Rocky Mountains were formed before the mountains were raised by tectonic forces. (18 words)
Rocky Mountains The first commercial oil well in the Rocky Mountains was drilled near Canon City, Colorado in 1862. (19 words)
The National Hurricane Center (NHC) in Miami said on Monday that the storm cell had lost much of its force as it headed to the Rocky Mountains, but warned that 'life-threatening and locally catastrophic flooding' could still be expected. (40 words)
The Muskwa and Hart Ranges together comprise what is known as the Northern Rockies (the Mackenzie Mountains north of the Liard River are sometimes referred to as being part of the Rocky Mountains but this is an unofficial designation). (39 words)
Cyclonic storms form east of the Rocky Mountains, a result of the mixing of air masses from the Arctic, Pacific, and North American interior, and produce most of the country's rain and snow east of the mountains. (38 words)
Example sentences (20)
Rocky Mountains The first commercial oil well in the Rocky Mountains was drilled near Canon City, Colorado in 1862.
Cyclonic storms form east of the Rocky Mountains, a result of the mixing of air masses from the Arctic, Pacific, and North American interior, and produce most of the country's rain and snow east of the mountains.
Dominating the northern Great Plains with their light cavalry, the western Sioux quickly expanded their territory further to the Rocky Mountains (which they call Heska, "white mountains").
Geology seeAlso The rocks in the Rocky Mountains were formed before the mountains were raised by tectonic forces.
The Big Horn Mountains in the north central portion are somewhat isolated from the bulk of the Rocky Mountains.
The Muskwa and Hart Ranges together comprise what is known as the Northern Rockies (the Mackenzie Mountains north of the Liard River are sometimes referred to as being part of the Rocky Mountains but this is an unofficial designation).
The Rocky Mountains generally contain fairly mild slopes and wider peaks compared to some of the other great mountain ranges, with a few exceptions (such as the Teton Mountains in Wyoming and the Sawatch Range in Colorado ).
The Snake River Plain forms one of the only relatively easy paths across the main Rocky Mountains for many hundreds of miles, allowing Native Americans both east and west of the mountains to interact.
An Australian coal company is withdrawing its plan for a mine in the Crowsnest Pass region of the eastern slopes of Alberta's Rocky Mountains.
Conditions aren’t always prime, but it’s pretty cool to say you’ve sledded in the Rocky Mountains.
From dense jungles to rocky mountains, there doesn’t seem to be a shortage of gorgeous backdrops to explore.
I like that we get the view of the Rocky Mountains.
It sounds like an advertisement for bottled water: The flowing Colorado River emerges high in the Rocky Mountains, from snows untouched by man.
On their eastbound route to Denver over the Rocky Mountains, the oil trains will pass through 16 different Colorado municipalities, 25 water districts and four national forests.
Snowfall in the Rocky Mountains is a major source of water that feeds the Colorado River system But not like California.
The Athabasca Glacier is part of the Columbia Icefield, the largest ice field in North America's Rocky Mountains.
The ice on the Dillon Reservoir just melted earlier this month, but marinas along the Summit County waterfront, nestled at 9,000 feet in Colorado’s Rocky Mountains, are already preparing to open.
The National Hurricane Center (NHC) in Miami said on Monday that the storm cell had lost much of its force as it headed to the Rocky Mountains, but warned that 'life-threatening and locally catastrophic flooding' could still be expected.
And of course, big meadows of flowers set against the impressive Rocky Mountains never fail to impress in photographs.
As I have family in Estes Park, I'm very familiar with the elk and mule deer that frequently move around the town, graze in the yards and properties, while reminding everyone the wildness of the Rocky Mountains.