How to Use embankment in a Sentence

embankment

noun
  • The car veered off the road and came to a stop in an embankment.
    — Minyvonne Burke, NBC News, 12 Mar. 2025
  • The car went up an embankment, struck a tree and caught fire.
    — Amy Huschka, Detroit Free Press, 27 Oct. 2019
  • The car struck a guardrail and came to rest against some trees on a small embankment.
    — Christine Dempsey, courant.com, 30 Apr. 2018
  • The flames spread up an embankment toward a fence near a home.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Aug. 2021
  • The car came to stop on its wheels facing south on a dirt embankment.
    — Caelyn Pender, The Mercury News, 13 Nov. 2024
  • The bus then moved onto an embankment and rolled over on its left side.
    — Thao Nguyen, USA TODAY, 2 Sep. 2024
  • The car plunged down the embankment and the driver was thrown from the car.
    — City News Service, Ramona Sentinel, 5 Oct. 2017
  • In some spots, up to 10 feet of the embankment has worn away.
    — Christina Hall, Detroit Free Press, 17 Aug. 2022
  • The car veered off the roadway, rolled down an embankment and hit a tree.
    — Jason Green, The Mercury News, 8 Feb. 2024
  • The bus overturned, hit an embankment and a tree, and came to rest across the road.
    — Jason Laughlin, Philly.com, 30 Aug. 2017
  • The car then went down an embankment, hit a tree and caught on fire, state police said.
    — Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 6 Dec. 2022
  • The car then went over an embankment and landed in the river.
    — Cliff Pinckard, cleveland.com, 2 Apr. 2018
  • The car went off the road and rolled down an embankment in Calabasas.
    — Paula Rogo, Essence, 2 Sep. 2019
  • The van rolled down a steep embankment before coming to rest against a tree.
    — Spencer Wilson, CBS News, 25 June 2026
  • Troopers then found the driver of the car that went off the embankment.
    — Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 27 Jan. 2025
  • The driver drove up on a grass embankment and ran out of fuel, the tweets said.
    — Navya Gupta, Detroit Free Press, 16 June 2022
  • Gnarled trees and scruffy brush fill one side of the road, on the other the sandy embankment of the beach.
    — Literary Hub, 11 Aug. 2025
  • Photos of the crash show the truck overturned down an embankment in dense brush.
    — Katie Langford, The Denver Post, 2 Feb. 2024
  • Her car then continued off the road and down an embankment.
    — Jesse Sarles, CBS News, 22 Nov. 2025
  • The impact caused him to be ejected and land down an embankment.
    — Harry Harris, Mercury News, 13 Jan. 2026
  • The car hit the truck and crashed into a railroad embankment.
    — Jared Goffinet, The Enquirer, 28 July 2021
  • The car struck an electrical line pole and rolled down an embankment.
    — ABC News, 1 Mar. 2026
  • The car struck an electrical line pole and rolled down an embankment.
    — Cbs Miami Team, CBS News, 2 Mar. 2026
  • The rule of thumb is to plant smaller plants with low water needs at the top of the embankment.
    — The San Diego Union Tribune, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Mar. 2026
  • Frasher said the plane rolled down an embankment and crashed into a fence at the edge of a road.
    — Samuel Chamberlain, Fox News, 27 Sep. 2018
  • Cars were also forced off the road and shoved into embankments.
    — Kathryn Prociv, NBC news, 20 Jan. 2026
  • Video of the rescue shows the crumpled truck on its side up against a tree on the steep embankment.
    — Don Sweeney, Sacramento Bee, 6 Mar. 2025
  • The girls’ bodies were about 75 yards away, down a small embankment.
    — Alaa Elassar, CNN Money, 8 June 2025
  • The car went through a guardrail, hit an electrical line pole, rolled down an embankment and caught fire.
    — Los Angeles Times, 7 Apr. 2026
  • Aerial footage showed the rear of a silver sedan hanging off the side of a steep embankment.
    — Dean Fioresi, CBS News, 8 June 2026

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