How to Use hillside in a Sentence

hillside

noun
  • Streams of rainwater rushed down the hillside.
  • The site has whole hillsides of trash.
    — Grant Stringer, Mercury News, 16 Apr. 2026
  • These plants’ roots grow deep and wide, to hold the hillside in place.
    — Nan Sterman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Feb. 2024
  • Use it on a hillside or in a rock garden.
    — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 11 June 2026
  • Some of the rocks are exposed on the hillside.
    — Kayla Moeller, CBS News, 22 Nov. 2025
  • The reds are like the red poppies that wrap around hillsides.
    — Claire Salinda, Los Angeles Times, 13 Mar. 2026
  • Take in sweeping ocean views from this hillside haven.
    — Essence, 13 May 2026
  • In the early spring, the hillsides come alive with blooms.
    — Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 21 Feb. 2026
  • The group chugs higher up the hillside.
    — Frederick Dreier, Outside, 28 Sep. 2025
  • Scarred hillsides are coming back to life.
    — Deputy Managing Editor, Los Angeles Times, 20 Jan. 2026
  • This dense plant spreads quickly and grows well on slopes and hillsides.
    — Lee Wallender, The Spruce, 30 Apr. 2026
  • The back of the house opens to a flat, grassy yard notched into the hillside.
    — Mark David, Robb Report, 4 Nov. 2023
  • The hillside became a mud slick.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, 4 May 2026
  • Grab a spot on the hillside, take in the cityscape below and let the tears flow.
    — Vanessa Arredondo, San Francisco Chronicle, 13 Apr. 2022
  • The house is on the edge of a hillside in a yard grown high with grass and flowers.
    — cleveland, 29 Oct. 2022
  • The wreckage appeared to be just off the side of a road on a hillside.
    — Tim Darnell, ajc, 23 Feb. 2021
  • The area is known for sizable hillside plots of land and stately homes.
    — Spencer Elliott, Forbes, 22 Mar. 2023
  • Watch plein air artists at work on the hillside surrounding the farm.
    — courant.com, 4 Aug. 2021
  • The project itself sits on a dry hillside just north of the town of Mona.
    — Elizabeth Weise, USA Today, 21 Feb. 2026
  • The living room opens to a deck that takes in green belt, hillside and treetop views.
    — Lauren Beale, Forbes, 26 Dec. 2021
  • Spring is a lovely time of year, when all the hillsides are green and flowers are in bloom.
    — Terri Daxon, Oc Register, 16 Apr. 2026
  • As the morning sun warmed the village’s rocky hillsides, our group geared up in dry suits.
    — Chloe Berge, Travel + Leisure, 13 Mar. 2025
  • The city's rolling hillsides are dense with brush, which dries out during the hot summers.
    — Lauren Sommer, NPR, 10 Apr. 2026
  • At least 50 churches line the hillside.
    — Jenn Rice, Vogue, 18 Mar. 2026
  • Wine culture is built into the hillside, too.
    — David Caraccio may 27, Sacbee.com, 27 May 2026
  • Around the fjord, farms cling to steep hillsides, their rhythms shaped by the seasons and the water.
    — David Nikel, Forbes.com, 25 Aug. 2025
  • Above the tree line, the men will risk open ground—first thistly yellow-grass hillside, then shale, then scree.
    — Alex Perry, Outside Online, 18 Oct. 2021
  • The bonus, as golfers of all ages have learned, is the views that hillside and canyon courses offer.
    — The Salt Lake Tribune, 3 Oct. 2022
  • The remains of the old stamp mill, where ore was crushed to extract gold, stick up on the hillside.
    — Graham Averill, Outside, 28 Oct. 2025
  • Go down the hillside here, in the direction of the wide trail below.
    — Maura Fox, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Dec. 2023

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