How to Use slope in a Sentence

slope

1 of 2 verb

• His handwriting slopes to the left.
• Scars now slope across the right side of his face and neck.
  — NBC News, 28 Dec. 2020
• The hillside lot is sloped, with the rear yard lower than the front.
  — Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Jan. 2024
• The fields will be contoured and manicured to slope to the drain.
  — Linda Gandee/special To Cleveland.com, cleveland, 11 Nov. 2019
• Gray sand lines the shoreline on the beach, hemmed in by rolling hills that gently slope down to the ocean.
  — oregonlive, 14 July 2021
• High above the town with a view over the small forest and stretches of grassy dunes sloping down to the sea.
  — Matthew Gavin Frank, Harper's Magazine, 4 May 2023
• The driveway slopes down to a private parking area and garage.
  — Mark David, Robb Report, 31 Oct. 2023
• The hillsides weren’t yet in bloom, and fog skulked around the mountains in the distance, sloped and faded.
  — Lizzie Johnson and Lauren Tierney, Anchorage Daily News, 27 July 2023
• Lawns slope toward the pond, framed by a backdrop of woodland.
  — Lauren Beale, Forbes, 10 Feb. 2023
• The soils around a wood foundation must slope away from the house at a 5% grade for a distance of a least ten feet.
  — Reuben Saltzman, Star Tribune, 1 Oct. 2020
• The brush fire was in a sloping field along Lahainaluna Road.
  — Jon Schuppe, NBC News, 19 Sep. 2023
• The earth around your house should slope at least 1 inch per foot going away from your house for about 6 to 8 feet out from the house.
  — Kevin Brasler, Star Tribune, 5 Sep. 2020
• The city encircles its harbor, on hillsides that slope down to the seafront.
  — Odveig Klyve, The New Yorker, 26 Jan. 2022
• The path sloped gently downhill through fields with olive groves, cows grazing, and flocks of sheep and goats.
  — Nick Romeo, The New Republic, 23 Aug. 2023
• Out back there's an enormous swan-neck wing that sprouts from the sloping roofline rather than the decklid.
  — Eric Stafford, Car and Driver, 10 June 2023
• The drain is offset with a gently sloping base to direct water to the drain.
  — Megan Boettcher, Better Homes & Gardens, 18 Apr. 2023
• The best way to keep your greenhouse from flooding is to raise it a bit and allow the ground around it to slightly slope down.
  — Timothy Dahl, Popular Mechanics, 7 May 2018
• The earth around your house should slope at least one inch per foot going away from your house for about six to eight feet out from the house.
  — Kevin Brasler, Philly.com, 1 May 2018
• The rear seat remains huge and, despite the sloping roofline, there's 40 cubic feet of space in the cargo area even with the seats up.
  — Joey Capparella, Car and Driver, 14 July 2023
• The ground should slope away from your foundation, not towards it, and plants should sit at least a foot away from your house.
  — Carmen Collins, Country Living, 24 Jan. 2020
• Water tends to collect in the outside lanes, which slope curbside.
  — Times Staff, Los Angeles Times, 10 Jan. 2023
• The Front Line Kitchen occupies a few cramped ground-floor rooms and a shed off a sloping street on the edge of Lviv’s picturesque old town.
  — WIRED, 6 July 2023
• Sharply faceted and colored blue, the fireplace slopes to one side and looks like a chunk of ice that has detached itself from a glacier.
  — Ian Phillips, ELLE Decor, 15 May 2023
• In profile, the back of the passenger cabins on GM’s trucks slope down to the side of the bed rather than the two parts meeting at a sharp right angle.
  — Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNN, 13 Feb. 2023
• Forested hills slope upward, and behind the lush green of the trees, rugged mountains creased with snow appear.
  — Patricia Doherty, Travel + Leisure, 17 Apr. 2023
• In New York, the track beds are open, and platforms slope subtly toward them, so that water flows off.
  — William Finnegan, The New Yorker, 2 July 2018
• But in the wake of the incident, his career continued to slope upwards.
  — Steven J. Horowitz, Variety, 20 Dec. 2023
• The spacious stern, which spans just over 800 square feet, slopes down toward the swim platform to create an open-air beach club.
  — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 16 June 2023
• The 19-acre vineyard will gently slope upwards, evoking the rolling Tuscan hills in the distance.
  — Olivia Morelli, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Feb. 2024
• The land slopes down from that house with a series of broad grassy terraces embellished by long stretches of stone and brick balustrade atop stone ramparts.
  — Mark David, Robb Report, 22 Mar. 2024

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slope

2 of 2 noun

• What is the angle of the slope?
• They climbed the steep slope.
• You can adjust the slope of the ramp.
• The skier was the third person in the group to ride down the slope.
  — Annie Berman, Anchorage Daily News, 21 Apr. 2023
• Those bigger, woody plants grow the deep roots that hold the slope in place.
  — Nan Sterman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Nov. 2023
• The vineyard is known for its 80-year-old vines, steep slopes, and deep slate soils.
  — Mike Desimone and Jeff Jenssen, Robb Report, 4 Apr. 2024
• The pool cleaner is ideal for pools that have flat floors and no slopes.
  — Adria Greenhauff, Better Homes & Gardens, 4 May 2023
• In the Instagram post, the three smiled together on the ski slopes.
  — Charna Flam, Peoplemag, 26 Dec. 2023
• If the slope is less than 25 degrees, there might be little slips, but the snow won’t pick up speed.
  — Nathalie Vriend, The Conversation, 11 Jan. 2024
• At the Green Room, a ski and snowboard shop in Mammoth Lakes, screens display live video of the slopes all day.
  — Cari Spencer, Los Angeles Times, 22 July 2023
• The city of San Clemente continues to work on the long-term stabilization of the slope.
  — Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 July 2023
• In other words, the downhill skier — the person who is further down the slope — has the right of way.
  — Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 24 Mar. 2023
• In the video, a Ford pickup truck on a road wrenches the Tesla vehicle up the slope.
  — Steve Mollman, Fortune, 13 Dec. 2023
• Hawks and owls prey on rodents bounding across grassy slopes.
  — Louis Sahagún, Los Angeles Times, 27 Feb. 2024
• The other thing is that the island town is based on the side of a mountain, so everything is on a slope.
  — Kaitlin Menza, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Sep. 2023
• Loose pebbles were perched here and there, making the path up and down the slopes all the more precarious.
  — Somini Sengupta, New York Times, 13 Sep. 2023
• One of the drill sites was on a slope, and Briner recalled how frigid winds would stream off the ice, threatening to blow their tents away.
  — Sarah Kaplan, Washington Post, 29 Aug. 2023
• Tom Brady and his kids are taking to the slopes to celebrate the holidays!
  — Esme Mazzeo, Peoplemag, 24 Dec. 2023
• Ski Dubai, the world’s largest indoor ski slope, is located within the Mall of the Emirates.
  — Laura Manske, Forbes, 1 Mar. 2024
• At low tide, parts of the beach are carved into steep slopes that connect a narrow band of dry sand with the crashing surf.
  — Liam Stack, New York Times, 11 Aug. 2023
• How, during times of drought, that same creek still flows and the wooded slopes remain cool, shaded.
  — Time, 12 July 2023
• Far below, framed by plunging slopes, tiny boats inched across the water.
  — Stanley Stewart, Condé Nast Traveler, 18 July 2023
• A day on the ski slopes is a flurry of fun, and with the right pair of heated gloves, cold hands won’t stop you from enjoying the mountain.
  — Cai Cramer, Peoplemag, 26 Jan. 2024
• The hike to the W tree from atop the bluff consists of a harrowing descent of a few hundred feet down a 75-degree slope.
  — Popular Mechanics, 14 Apr. 2023
• Hit the ski slopes in winter, or spend spring and summer days hiking and taking in the mountain views.
  — Rocky Casale, Travel + Leisure, 11 Aug. 2023
• Their home, which rests on a steep slope, wasn’t damaged, but not everyone was so lucky.
  — Ashley Soriano, Fox News, 18 Mar. 2023
• The scenes of the Alps-like region are gorgeous, featuring tall pine trees and snowcapped slopes.
  — Andrea Duncan-Mao, Vulture, 28 Jan. 2024
• Now, Odysseus, as the 14-foot-tall Nova-C spacecraft is called, is on its side, perhaps perched against a rock or a steep slope.
  — Christian Davenport, Washington Post, 27 Feb. 2024
• From ski slopes to art galleries, this quaint town offers something for every season.
  — Kira Turnbull, Travel + Leisure, 2 Apr. 2024
• The accuracy of these surveys can vary, as people tend to avoid areas that are unsafe to walk through, including steep slopes and where garbage is actively being dumped, according to the study.
  — Rachel Ramirez, CNN, 28 Mar. 2024

Last Updated: 5 Sep 2024