Summits
[sʌmits]
Examples
- Still more striking is the fact that peculiar Australian forms are represented by certain plants growing on the summits of the mountains of Borneo. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- The following morning the rain poured down in torrents, and thick mists hid the summits of the mountains. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- When you stand at their roots, the summits seem in another region. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- The sea, or rather the vast river of ice, wound among its dependent mountains, whose a?rial summits hung over its recesses. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- Their summits are never free from snow the year round. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- When we reach the Arctic regions, or snow-capped summits, or absolute deserts, the struggle for life is almost exclusively with the elements. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- The sun set in calm majesty behind the misty summits of the Apennines, and its golden and roseate hues painted the mountains of the opposite shore. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- Your summits are clear; the sky and lake are blue and placid. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
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