How to Use ridgeline in a Sentence

ridgeline

noun
  • Wind is stronger at the top of a ridgeline than at the bottom.
    Elizabeth Weise, USA TODAY, 4 Feb. 2024
  • The top of the ridgeline is very narrow, and steep on both sides in many places.
    Jason Duaine Hahn, PEOPLE.com, 15 Sep. 2021
  • The pivotal scene happens on a high ridgeline with the best views of the hike.
    Mare Czinar, The Arizona Republic, 11 Aug. 2022
  • Tie the end of the remaining cord to the middle grommet of the tarp over the ridgeline (F).
    T. Edward Nickens, Field & Stream, 9 Jan. 2017
  • Most of the clock is deep inside the mountain, below the ridgeline.
    Dylan Tweney, WIRED, 23 June 2011
  • The trail climbs the mountain ridgeline to the highest peak in the Tucson Mountains.
    Sofia Krusmark, The Arizona Republic, 3 Aug. 2021
  • All 20 of us camped atop the ridgeline and watched dawn break as drums echoed through the valley below.
    Sophy Roberts, Condé Nast Traveler, 20 Dec. 2018
  • The orange lights blinking in the far ridgeline, south of them, are not in Israel.
    Dan Senor, Fortune, 5 Nov. 2023
  • The plans for the ridgeline development are now left to the buyer to build.
    Sandra Barrera, Orange County Register, 17 June 2024
  • The forested ridgeline of Penwood looms high in the distance.
    Peter Marteka, courant.com, 21 Apr. 2018
  • The sky, a tree line and a ridgeline can form a natural structure.
    Washington Post, 11 Nov. 2021
  • Bring a cookstove, as no fires are allowed along the ridgeline.
    Neil Norman, Outside Online, 12 Aug. 2020
  • The saddle appears as a notch in the long ridgeline just below the summit.
    Roger Naylor, The Arizona Republic, 18 Jan. 2022
  • The experiment was used as the rover drove across a ridgeline.
    Ashley Strickland, CNN, 15 Dec. 2021
  • Setting out on the ridgeline, the view was dizzying on either side.
    Alli Harvey, Anchorage Daily News, 18 Sep. 2021
  • Clouds roiled above the ridgelines and produced dry lightning.
    Shaun McKinnon, azcentral, 24 June 2015
  • Put lights along the ridgeline of your roof; just be very careful climbing up onto the roof.
    Joseph Truini, Popular Mechanics, 24 Oct. 2019
  • It is perched on one of Cazadero’s high, lonely ridgelines, 7 miles as the crow flies from the Pacific Ocean.
    Esther Mobley, San Francisco Chronicle, 20 Apr. 2018
  • The sun didn’t set in Boise until almost 9 p.m., and then the colors of the northern lights began to emerge and dance above the ridgelines.
    Kevin Fixler, Idaho Statesman, 11 May 2024
  • There is no set route — indeed, a climber’s skill at route-finding is the key to making it from one ridgeline to the next.
    Beth Bragg, Anchorage Daily News, 8 Sep. 2019
  • As the sun rose Saturday, a long line of flames was visible along ridgelines in the area.
    Steve Rubenstein, SFChronicle.com, 3 Aug. 2019
  • Miller knew the pattern: Fire follows the ridgeline, then drops down into the valley.
    Esther Mobley, SFChronicle.com, 2 Nov. 2019
  • From there, the candidates hiked to a ridgeline 1,135 feet farther up.
    Simon Akam, Outside Online, 27 Nov. 2019
  • The 4-mile-long Meeker Trail is marked with yellow blazes and winds through the fields and then to the top of the ridgeline with several overlooks along the way.
    Peter Marteka, courant.com, 14 Sep. 2017
  • Give ridgelines a wide berth, as cornices can break a long way back from the visible edge.
    John Meyer, The Denver Post, 12 May 2024
  • The debris field extended 900 feet down from the ridgeline.
    Zaz Hollander, Anchorage Daily News, 14 Apr. 2021
  • Even the back side of the famous towers make an appearance from behind the jagged ridgeline at one point.
    Cassidy Randall, Travel + Leisure, 5 Mar. 2023
  • This path follows a high ridgeline with sweeping views.
    Roger Naylor, The Arizona Republic, 14 Apr. 2021
  • About 15 minutes into the trip, the riders would reach a ridgeline that looked out over peaks and valleys, and into the ocean beyond.
    New York Times, 12 Feb. 2021
  • Though hiking the ridgeline was about as easy as sheep hunting ever gets, crossing the saddles was often murder.
    Jim Carmichel, Outdoor Life, 25 July 2024

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