How to Use hill in a Sentence
- The house was built at the very top of the hill.
- She watched the sun set behind the hills.
- The plows came and cleared the streets, forming a hill of snow on the street corner.
- Our driveway is a long, steep hill.
- He came barreling down the hill at 65 miles per hour.
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But things change out on the hill.
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Moira McCarthy,
Boston Herald,
18 Mar. 2026
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Then west of us two more toms made the hills ring.
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Charles Elliott,
Outdoor Life,
2 Apr. 2026
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The nerves that would wash over her at the top of the hill?
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Zak Keefer,
New York Times,
5 Feb. 2026
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My parents’ house was on a steep hill.
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Benny Peterson,
Vogue,
4 May 2026
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Sow four to five seeds per hill at a depth of 1 inch.
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Kim Toscano,
Southern Living,
23 May 2026
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The men reach a hill, which proves too much for many in the group.
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Nick Romano,
Entertainment Weekly,
8 Sep. 2025
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Wander around the hills, or the halls.
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Tribune News Service,
Baltimore Sun,
7 Jan. 2026
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Kentucky roads are windy with steep hills.
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Karla Walsh,
Southern Living,
24 Sep. 2025
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From the ice rinks to the snowy hills, love is in the frozen air.
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ABC News,
14 Feb. 2026
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Vonn stood up after the crash and skied down the hill.
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Matthew Futterman,
New York Times,
7 Feb. 2026
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And Stephen Kolek will be on the hill.
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Jaylon Thompson,
Kansas City Star,
19 Feb. 2026
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These little hills have short lines, or no lines at all.
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Blair Braverman,
Outside,
11 Mar. 2026
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There are hills in the distance, and the fog is down low.
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Literary Hub,
3 Apr. 2026
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Once the score was 4-1, the hill was too steep to climb.
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Sean Gentille,
New York Times,
23 May 2026
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At this time, there is no way to fully see over the hill.
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Brian Sherrod,
CBS News,
26 May 2026
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Andy clattered up the hill through the brush and pulled to a halt.
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Bob Cary,
Outdoor Life,
15 Oct. 2025
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Has the slide down the backside of the hill even come to a stop yet?
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Steve Conroy,
Boston Herald,
17 Sep. 2025
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Police drove across the dirt while a garbage truck parked at the top of a hill.
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Blake Nelson,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
1 Aug. 2023
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The food, the hills, the homes, the water, the bridge, the whole thing.
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Chantz Martin,
FOXNews.com,
20 Feb. 2026
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The food, the hills, the homes, the water, the bridge, the whole thing.
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Ryan Morik,
FOXNews.com,
10 Feb. 2026
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The venue is located at the top of a hill.
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Eleanor Nash,
Kansas City Star,
26 Sep. 2025
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This one is on a hill overlooking an old mill city.
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Literary Hub,
12 Sep. 2025
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The officer went up the hill to try to help.
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S.e. Jenkins,
CBS News,
12 Mar. 2026
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Almost one year to date after the hill set on fire.
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Leonora Epstein,
Architectural Digest,
20 Feb. 2026
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The Cubs will send Matthew Boyd to the hill.
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Kilty Cleary,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 Sep. 2025
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Hopefully they are hilled or mulched to cover most of your plants.
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Jeff Lowenfels,
Anchorage Daily News,
1 Aug. 2019
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Leave a few inches at the top of the container to hill the crop later.
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Madeline Buiano,
Martha Stewart,
13 Apr. 2026
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When the stems reach about 6 to 8 inches tall, start hilling by placing new soil around the stems.
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Madeline Buiano,
Martha Stewart,
13 Apr. 2026
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For the best potato harvest, hill the potato plants again two to three weeks later.
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Sheryl Geerts,
Better Homes & Gardens,
6 Feb. 2026
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Learn about planting times, using fertilizer and lime, and when to prune, pinch, hill up or tie up plants.
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oregonlive,
28 Feb. 2020
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Learn about planting times, using fertilizer and lime, and when to prune, pinch, hill up or tie up plants.
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oregonlive,
22 Feb. 2020
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Make sure to continue to hill will soil or leaves so only 3 to 4 inches of plant are be exposed.
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Jeff Lowenfels,
Anchorage Daily News,
1 Aug. 2019
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This process is called hilling and creates an area of loose soil where tubers easily form while being shaded from the sun.
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Sheryl Geerts,
Better Homes & Gardens,
6 Feb. 2026
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That’s something Mamaw used to say to describe her or her family … hill people or hillbillies.
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Kelsie Gibson,
Peoplemag,
15 July 2024
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Commercial growers boost yields by watering regularly and hilling the rhizomes once a month.
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Sharon Tregaskis,
Good Housekeeping,
29 July 2018
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Commercial growers boost yields by watering regularly and hilling the rhizomes once a month.
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Sharon Tregaskis,
Good Housekeeping,
29 July 2018
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This Cottage-style home nestled in the North Berkeley hills offers a tranquil, wooded setting.
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Bang Staff and Correspondents,
The Mercury News,
19 Aug. 2019
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Other aggressive turkeys are a common sight in the Oakland hills a few miles east, where some have been known to mix it up with passing bicyclists and hikers.
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Steve Rubenstein,
SFChronicle.com,
21 May 2020
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The documentary opens and closes with all five of them hiking the same Lee County hills Richardson and his brothers did in their younger years.
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Maggie Menderski,
The Courier-Journal,
11 Sep. 2019
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While other fashion brands may play up their connections to hill-tribe artisans, Thảo’s is a genuine cooperative.
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Peter Jon Lindberg,
Condé Nast Traveler,
20 Nov. 2018
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As the South Bay breeze swept into the stadium, hundreds of fans who were denied entry because of a sellout set up camp on the white stone wall and hill in between the stadium and Via Pacheco road.
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Benjamin Royer,
Los Angeles Times,
30 Nov. 2024
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This driveline has terrain response control with selectable driving and off road modes, low traction launch and hill decent control, and a dynamic air suspension system with automatic access height with adaptive dynamics.
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Tony Leopardo,
The Mercury News,
7 July 2024
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