Slopes is an English word. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Slopes meaning
plural of slope
Using Slopes
- The main meaning on this page is: plural of slope
- In the example corpus, slopes often appears in combinations such as: the slopes, slopes of, slopes and.
Context around Slopes
- Average sentence length in these examples: 27.6 words
- Position in the sentence: 9 start, 8 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Slopes
- In this selection, "slopes" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 27.6 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, ski, eastern, western, facing, due and mountaineers stand out and add context to how "slopes" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include and coastal slopes according to and and easterly slopes at higher. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "slopes" sits close to words such as amd, cookie and deprived, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with slopes
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Hit the slopes at legendary slopes like Heavenly and Northstar. (10 words)
East and north facing slopes have moist soils, south and west slopes are dry. (14 words)
Northeastern slopes of high mountains often receive a lot of rain and southwestern slopes do not. (16 words)
A major holiday for everyone living in Sweden, Norway and Denmark, Easter sees most locals take a full week off work to spend time with their families, hit the ski slopes for the final time in the season, or simply enjoy some downtime. (43 words)
So far as the northern boundary followed the Oxus stream, under the northern slopes of the Hindu Kush, it was only separated by the length of these slopes (some 8 or 10 miles) from the southern boundary along the crest. (40 words)
Three main long-distance footpaths run the length of the mountain range: the GR 10 across the northern slopes, the GR 11 across the southern slopes, and the HRP which traverses peaks and ridges along a high altitude route. (39 words)
Example sentences (20)
After a few missed years on the slopes due to Covid, we decided to hire a guide for our first day on the slopes to show us around the ski area.
Hit the slopes at legendary slopes like Heavenly and Northstar.
Tonnes of Brits love bonking on ski slopes and turn down chalets for al fresco romp Brits are loving a saucy romp on the ski slopes.
The most intense rainfall was along the leeward Kohala slopes and over the slopes of the South Hilo District.
East and north facing slopes have moist soils, south and west slopes are dry.
He found the slopes to be empty, with most visitors on the nursery slopes only just learning to ski.
About 10 million years ago, the Sierra Nevada was uplifted and then tilted to form its relatively gentle western slopes and the more dramatic eastern slopes.
Ice slopes Mountaineers descending mixed rock, snow and ice slope in winter High Tatras For travel on slopes consisting of ice or hard snow, crampons are a standard part of a mountaineer's equipment.
In mountainous areas, they seek southerly slopes at lower elevations for forage and move to northerly and easterly slopes at higher elevations as summer progresses.
Longer, steeper slopes (especially those without adequate vegetative cover) are more susceptible to very high rates of erosion during heavy rains than shorter, less steep slopes.
Northeastern slopes of high mountains often receive a lot of rain and southwestern slopes do not.
Slope stability analysis main Stability analysis is needed for the design of engineered slopes and for estimating the risk of slope failure in natural or designed slopes.
So far as the northern boundary followed the Oxus stream, under the northern slopes of the Hindu Kush, it was only separated by the length of these slopes (some 8 or 10 miles) from the southern boundary along the crest.
The nemoral species tend to dominate slopes facing south - west and on good soil, while the boreal species dominate on slopes facing north and on waterlogged soil.
The western slopes catch moisture-laden western sea winds and are thus more fertile and more heavily populated, than the eastern slopes, which receive only hot, dry winds blowing across the desert.
Three main long-distance footpaths run the length of the mountain range: the GR 10 across the northern slopes, the GR 11 across the southern slopes, and the HRP which traverses peaks and ridges along a high altitude route.
Across most of Southern California, rainfall totals of 2 to 5 inches are likely, with another 5 to 10 inches of rain possible on and below south-facing foothills and coastal slopes, according to the weather service.
A major holiday for everyone living in Sweden, Norway and Denmark, Easter sees most locals take a full week off work to spend time with their families, hit the ski slopes for the final time in the season, or simply enjoy some downtime.
Among myriad other eco initiatives, Lech is also home to a herd of Scottish Highland cattle, which graze steep slopes in summer to help prevent avalanches in winter, while their meat is used in local gastronomy.
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.
Common combinations with slopes
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the slopes 80×
- slopes of 41×
- slopes and 22×
- ski slopes 16×
- slopes at 9×
- steep slopes 9×
- slopes for 9×
- slopes in 9×
- slopes to 7×
- western slopes 5×