These overflowings produce deep and wide chasms, with sheer slopes on either side.

Christos asked in a loud voice to be heard over the engine, which was strangely amplified by the proximity of the sheer slopes.

Hakeswill looked to his left and saw that the wall of the Inner Fort was built on an almost sheer slope.

Upwards it wound, coiling like a snake, boring its way across the sheer slope of rock.

Below the monastery there was a narrow footpath worn into the sheer slope of the cliffside.

This feature was 759 metres high with sheer slopes near the crest.

Nothing but sheer slopes and precipices all about, and the only approach a narrow one- much to the drivers' chagrin.

Instead it was sheer slopes of crimson as far as my eyes could see.

There was an undue rattle as the waste fell down the sheer slope of the enormous bank.

The track came down the sheer slope by long traverses, the trees crowding close over it almost down to the water.