How to Use embankment in a Sentence

embankment

noun

• The force of the impact sent the SUV down an embankment north of the road.
  — Karen Kucher, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Nov. 2023
• The impact of the crash sent the Civic up an embankment to the right of the freeway.
  — Lyndsay Winkley, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Mar. 2022
• In some spots, up to 10 feet of the embankment has worn away.
  — Christina Hall, Detroit Free Press, 17 Aug. 2022
• The two rays of light from points A and B meet at the midpoint, M, on the embankment.
  — Kat Friedrich, Popular Mechanics, 25 July 2023
• And right away, the 60 or so men in a tight crowd led them down the embankment, toward the fortress.
  — Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, National Review, 12 Oct. 2021
• The car veered off the roadway, rolled down an embankment and hit a tree.
  — Jason Green, The Mercury News, 8 Feb. 2024
• Troopers shut down the area around 10 a.m. to remove the box truck from the embankment.
  — Mike Mavredakis, Hartford Courant, 16 Nov. 2022
• The missile hit just above the joint where the building began to curve away from the embankment.
  — Michael Schwirtz, New York Times, 21 Jan. 2023
• The driver drove up on a grass embankment and ran out of fuel, the tweets said.
  — Navya Gupta, Detroit Free Press, 16 June 2022
• The flames spread up an embankment toward a fence near a home.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Aug. 2021
• The car hit the truck and crashed into a railroad embankment.
  — Jared Goffinet, The Enquirer, 28 July 2021
• The car then went down an embankment, hit a tree and caught on fire, state police said.
  — Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 6 Dec. 2022
• Photos of the crash show the truck overturned down an embankment in dense brush.
  — Katie Langford, The Denver Post, 2 Feb. 2024
• But the embankments, which stand up to 13 feet high, are not tall enough to keep major surges out.
  — Mahadi Al Hasnat, Vox, 30 May 2024
• The pickup truck had flipped over an embankment on the side of the road, landing tail-up, the statement said.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 22 Sep. 2021
• The bus then moved onto an embankment and rolled over on its left side.
  — Thao Nguyen, USA TODAY, 2 Sep. 2024
• Members of the group called 911 while one hiked down the embankment and found Joseph still breathing.
  — Kira Caspers, The Arizona Republic, 16 Apr. 2024
• The group called 911 while one hiker went down an embankment to reach Joseph.
  — Stephen Sorace, Fox News, 18 Apr. 2024
• The car then went down an embankment and hit a tree, causing the car to catch on fire, state police said.
  — Mike Mavredakis, Hartford Courant, 1 Dec. 2022
• Police said at the time that the car swerved off the road near the Hilltop Drive offramp, and went down an embankment.
  — Nate Gartrell, The Mercury News, 15 May 2024
• The car struck an embankment and went airborne before plowing through the rear wall of a home.
  — Danielle Wallace, Fox News, 5 Sep. 2021
• Ebler then lost control of the Mustang and crashed into the embankment.
  — Deanese Williams-Harris, Chicago Tribune, 20 Aug. 2022
• The person who took the video filmed the animal from a steep embankment and kept a distance.
  — Helena Wegner, Sacramento Bee, 5 June 2024
• Sapon told me that his favorite place in Irpin is the embankment.
  — Linda Kinstler, New York Times, 7 Nov. 2022
• Her car sped over railroad tracks and slid down a 6-foot embankment.
  — Rose Wagner, baltimoresun.com, 13 Aug. 2021
• One of the six buses went through the wire barrier, down the embankment and overturned.
  — Tony Aiello, CBS News, 21 Sep. 2023
• Bystanders helped the passenger, a 38-year-old man, get out of the embankment.
  — Johnny Magdaleno, The Indianapolis Star, 12 July 2021
• When the car stopped, police said the officers were able to pull the woman to safety from the bottom of the embankment.
  — Henri Hollis, ajc, 18 Aug. 2022
• As the pursuit approached Holt Road, police said the suspect drove off the road and barreled down an embankment.
  — Sarah Nelson, The Indianapolis Star, 12 Sep. 2024
• Crowds along the embankments and the closest bridge, Pont Sully, gathered as though waiting for a fashion show.
  — Amy Verner, Vogue, 17 July 2024

Last Updated: 10 Nov 2024