How to Use promontory in a Sentence
promontory
noun- Cape May is Delaware Bay's largest promontory.
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Rex the lion stood atop a tall, rocky promontory at the rear of the float.
—Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Jan. 2024
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The rover looks north from Duck Bay toward the promontory called Cape Verde.
—Discover Magazine, 13 Feb. 2019
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By foot, there are trekking and cycling routes wind through the promontory.
—Rachel King, Fortune, 2 July 2022
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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
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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
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Aside from a few birds chirping, the promontory seemed still and ancient...
—Gemma Tarlach, Discover Magazine, 10 June 2016
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The estate sits on a promontory and has 12 bedrooms and 24 bathrooms.
—Aimée Lutkin, ELLE, 5 June 2023
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Sasakwa Lodge rambles along a rocky promontory perched above the rolling plains.
—Town & Country, 6 Oct. 2016
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Sasakwa Lodge rambles along a rocky promontory perched above the rolling plains.
—Town & Country, 6 Oct. 2016
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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
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Chimney Point—a promontory—juts out like a thumb into the St. Lawrence River.
—Adam Davidson, The New Yorker, 1 July 2021
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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The estates are built into the rocky promontories and cliffs overlooking the water below.
—Emma Reynolds, Robb Report, 24 Feb. 2023
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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
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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
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There’s also a playground and a large sloping promontory.
—Helene Stapinski, New York Times, 31 May 2018
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To your left is a slightly higher promontory jutting farther into the canyon.
—Scott Craven, azcentral, 26 July 2019
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Trees parted to reveal a rocky promontory with a dramatic drop-off below and a sweeping view beyond.
—Bo Emerson, ajc, 2 July 2015
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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
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