How to Use hilltop in a Sentence

hilltop

noun
  • They built their house on a hilltop.
  • The hilltop’s hard, rocky soil would have been a tough place to dig graves.
    — National Geographic, 11 Feb. 2016
  • The hilltop lot sold last year for $2 million.
    — Tony Saavedra, Daily News, 10 June 2026
  • Their bodies were buried in three shallow graves on a hilltop.
    — James Griffiths, CNN, 18 Dec. 2019
  • He’s chosen to stay in the hilltop ranch where the shooting took place.
    — Kathleen McGrory, ProPublica, 6 Jan. 2024
  • But on the pitching hilltop, his gaze is lethal, as were his splitters.
    — Nicholas Dawidoff, The New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2024
  • Of a man whose competitive drive led him to the hilltop and over the edge.
    — Jeff Suess, The Enquirer, 3 July 2025
  • The two survivors hiked to a hilltop to get a phone signal and summon help.
    — Teri Figueroa, sandiegouniontribune.com, 17 Sep. 2017
  • Buildings on hilltops could be seen in the distance as the sunset.
    — Angel Saunders, People.com, 23 July 2025
  • The houses are off-limits, but the rest of the hilltop is yours to explore.
    — Peter Marteka, courant.com, 15 Apr. 2018
  • Just northeast of the plaza is a hilltop park with a cross that gets some of the best sunset views in town.
    — Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 29 Mar. 2024
  • The main town is built on a hilltop, the houses scrunched together.
    — Washington Post, 14 Jan. 2022
  • Who doesn’t want to be stuck on a hilltop in a remote locale with their future in-laws?
    — Anne Thériault, Longreads, 18 Dec. 2019
  • The wreckage of the plane was resting below a flat hilltop, its nose crashed through a wall.
    — Anchorage Daily News, 8 Aug. 2020
  • The episode ends with Kayce visiting her hilltop grave.
    — Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 3 Mar. 2026
  • The hilltop lot includes a landscaped front lawn and fenced back lawn and courtyard with grill.
    — The Week Staff, The Week, 26 June 2022
  • In hill country, look for scrapes dug 70 yards or so below a brushy hilltop.
    — Michael Hanback, Outdoor Life, 7 Nov. 2024
  • The hilltop De Smet Cemetery strikes a somber note.
    — Alicia Underlee Nelson, Midwest Living, 22 June 2026
  • Suzanna doesn’t remember a time when her mother did not live in the hilltop prison.
    — Madeline Leung Coleman, Vulture, 14 May 2026
  • The Rao house sits on a hilltop with a commanding view of the cul-de-sac below.
    — Thomas Lake, AJC.com, 4 June 2026
  • At the end of the tunnel, a long, sloping hallway leads to the hilltop restaurant.
    — Mike Desimone and Jeff Jenssen, Robb Report, 23 Feb. 2025
  • On a low hilltop, small headstones barely peak above the grass in the oldest part of the cemetery.
    — Christine Fernando, The Indianapolis Star, 28 Oct. 2020
  • The house sits on a hilltop near the town of Fayence, overlooking acres of flower fields.
    — Rachel Syme, The New Yorker, 16 Sep. 2024
  • From a hilltop, a broad sweep of cream concrete comes into view, vineyards rolling beyond.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 4 June 2026
  • People who had gathered on the hilltop to watch the smoke quickly grew frantic and rushed back to their homes.
    — New York Times, 30 Dec. 2021
  • The hilltop site is holy to both Muslims and Jews and has been a flashpoint for decades.
    — Andrew Carey, Abeer Salman and Hadas Gold, CNN, 21 Apr. 2022
  • The property was in a great hilltop location, with an ocean view, and the main room could be used for events.
    — Tim Hornyak, New York Times, 8 Jan. 2026
  • There’s the rundown hilltop cemetery where those Lakota were buried in a yards-long mass grave.
    — Hanna Krueger, BostonGlobe.com, 31 Oct. 2022
  • And to these art workers, that inevitably includes the beloved hilltop convent.
    — Devorah Lauter, ARTnews.com, 23 Apr. 2026
  • At the foot of the hilltop sits a swing set containing a mix of standard swing seats and wheelchair swing seats side by side.
    — Anthony Cammalleri, BostonGlobe.com, 13 May 2022

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