How to Use promontory in a Sentence

promontory

noun

• Cape May is Delaware Bay's largest promontory.
• The rover looks north from Duck Bay toward the promontory called Cape Verde.
  — Discover Magazine, 13 Feb. 2019
• By foot, there are trekking and cycling routes wind through the promontory.
  — Rachel King, Fortune, 2 July 2022
• If the tide is low enough, walk south down the sand, past the large promontory, and over to your own secluded piece of Half Moon Bay.
  — SFChronicle.com, 12 July 2018
• The Torre Truglia, located at the tip of the promontory on which Sperlonga is built, boasts the best views in town.
  — Cnt Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 10 July 2019
• Aside from a few birds chirping, the promontory seemed still and ancient...
  — Gemma Tarlach, Discover Magazine, 10 June 2016
• The estate sits on a promontory and has 12 bedrooms and 24 bathrooms.
  — Aimée Lutkin, ELLE, 5 June 2023
• Sasakwa Lodge rambles along a rocky promontory perched above the rolling plains.
  — Town & Country, 6 Oct. 2016
• Sasakwa Lodge rambles along a rocky promontory perched above the rolling plains.
  — Town & Country, 6 Oct. 2016
• Northwest of the high point, follow the main trail to a rocky promontory that looks down on Pirate’s Cove Beach and a jumble of black rocks and tide pools.
  — Los Angeles Times, 13 Mar. 2021
• Chimney Point—a promontory—juts out like a thumb into the St. Lawrence River.
  — Adam Davidson, The New Yorker, 1 July 2021
• Perched on nearly two promontory acres, the Spanish-style home just hit the market for $9.995 million.
  — Jack Flemming, Los Angeles Times, 7 Oct. 2019
• Perched atop a rocky promontory at the tip of Reed’s Point, the waterfront abode has been hoisted onto the market for a cool $9.5 million.
  — Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 16 Aug. 2023
• But after a long successful voyage a great number of those fishing boats have met the wave and been dashed against the rocks on Nazaré’s promontory.
  — Paul Theroux, Smithsonian, 27 June 2018
• The Irish surfer and filmmaker Kevin Smith, perched on a narrow promontory over the ocean, pointed at a spray of white water some 500 feet below at the northern end of the cliffs.
  — New York Times, 12 Aug. 2019
• Every piece of her from cheek bones to hips, breasts to the pointy promontory of her chin is dangerously angular.
  — Erik Kain, Forbes, 26 May 2021
• Perched on a brownish-red tuff promontory near the Umbrian border, Civita is a place where time stands still.
  — Silvia Marchetti, CNN, 8 Sep. 2022
• The promontory has a view of the Golden Gate, through which marines sailed when returning from the war before disembarking at Ft.
  — Sam Whiting, San Francisco Chronicle, 4 June 2021
• The estates are built into the rocky promontories and cliffs overlooking the water below.
  — Emma Reynolds, Robb Report, 24 Feb. 2023
• A custom promontory surrounds the 40-foot-tall tree, ensuring the elm gets proper care above and below ground.
  — Mike Yessis, Smithsonian, 25 Aug. 2017
• The weather on such a promontory can be changeable: rainy and low clouds one minute, foggy another, then windy, sunny, dry and back again.
  — James R. Carroll, chicagotribune.com, 14 Mar. 2018
• There’s also a playground and a large sloping promontory.
  — Helene Stapinski, New York Times, 31 May 2018
• To your left is a slightly higher promontory jutting farther into the canyon.
  — Scott Craven, azcentral, 26 July 2019
• Wildflowers bloomed in the attractive promontory park, a five-minute stroll down the beach, and the week leading up to Greek Easter lent a festive atmosphere.
  — Luke Pyenson, BostonGlobe.com, 18 June 2019
• The site reopened Sunday afternoon and a trickle of tourists started returning to the Mont across a promontory that connects it to the mainland.
  — Sheila Norman-Culp, The Seattle Times, 22 Apr. 2018
• By daybreak, a widening promontory of newborn land could be seen forming under plumes of steam rising high into the area.
  — Daniel Roca and Joseph Wilson, Anchorage Daily News, 29 Sep. 2021
• To the south, the river widens before skirting the grand promontory of West Point, the military school's chapel tower standing in silhouette against the afternoon sun.
  — Bryan Miller, Town & Country, 8 Sep. 2013
• Trees parted to reveal a rocky promontory with a dramatic drop-off below and a sweeping view beyond.
  — Bo Emerson, ajc, 2 July 2015
• Some were lounging on picnic blankets or propped up in beach chairs; more sat in cars on the promontory in Rancho Palos Verdes, honking their horns and flashing their headlights.
  — Jon Wertheim, SI.com, 23 June 2017
• Her former two-acre coastal hideaway is situated on a rocky promontory and built into the granite cliffs.
  — Emma Reynolds, Forbes, 29 June 2021

Last Updated: 27 Jun 2024