How to Use hilly in a Sentence

hilly

adjective

• The hilly mound of an island rises out of the calm waters of the lake.
  — Meagan Drillinger, Travel + Leisure, 23 Jan. 2024
• The Boston Marathon, a tricky, hilly beast of a course, has humbled legends in the past.
  — Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 16 Apr. 2023
• Worse, the canyon marked the start of rocky, hilly terrain that extended for miles.
  — Larry Rohter, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Apr. 2023
• Visitors can hike around the hilly village for a fee of $8.
  — Maggie Hiufu Wong, CNN, 6 Oct. 2022
• Salis rock makes up many of the hilly top growing sites on this western edge.
  — Susan H. Gordon, Forbes, 27 May 2022
• The sprawling lawns and hilly paths of this Manhattan icon weave a labyrinth that'd be easy to get lost in.
  — Alison Fox, Travel + Leisure, 4 Feb. 2024
• Prepare to climb hilly terrain, but the scenic overlooks over the lakes make it all well worth it.
  — Liliana Webb, Detroit Free Press, 29 July 2022
• Can the Lightning trailer a large and heavy powerboat up and down a hilly two-lane at Texas speeds?
  — Dan Neil, WSJ, 12 May 2022
• In the snap, the fourth slide in the post, Jenner is crouching on a balcony with a hilly beach in front of her, her hands grazing the floor.
  — Carrie Wittmer, Glamour, 13 Feb. 2023
• It’s found in Shady Canyon, a hilly golf course community about five miles from the coast.
  — Jack Flemming, Los Angeles Times, 14 Aug. 2023
• Next year's event will be held on the hilly Marco Simone course outside Rome.
  — Andrew Dampf, ajc, 4 Oct. 2022
• The tour goes through hilly areas of Alton and some cobblestone streets, which could make for a bumpy ride.
  — Darcel Rockett, Chicago Tribune, 11 Sep. 2023
• Most people drive the highway, but its length, hilly nature, and scenery beg to be cycled.
  — Graham Averill, Outside Online, 7 May 2022
• The city features hilly and flat routes, and Nextbike is a ubiquitous rental option.
  — Forrest Brown, CNN, 20 Feb. 2023
• The Francos have lived on Doris Way, one of at least six streets that make up the hilly figure-eight neighborhood, for the last nine years.
  — Sandhya Kambhampati, Los Angeles Times, 23 Dec. 2023
• Bring your own skiis and get your heart pumping on flat or hilly terrain.
  — Julie Washington, cleveland, 14 Sep. 2022
• The storm, which dropped about 12 inches of snow in the area, quickly overwhelmed snow-removal crews on the hilly stretch of interstate.
  — Washington Post, 2 Apr. 2022
• Callies owns over four acres on a hilly plot three miles southwest of Merlin with a home, studio and garage.
  — oregonlive, 2 Oct. 2022
• The hilly landscapes block views of storms, mucking up storm-chasing efforts.
  — Carolyn Wilke, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 Nov. 2023
• Hengaw said regime forces had blocked the main roads leading to the cemetery in Saghez, showing a video of people crossing a hilly field to get in.
  — Cora Engelbrecht, BostonGlobe.com, 26 Oct. 2022
• Due to the somewhat bumpy and hilly terrain, wear sturdy sneakers or hiking boots.
  — Hartford Courant, 9 Sep. 2022
• During the search, police said the search area was hilly with lots of standing water and some roads were impassable due to snow.
  — Saleen Martin, USA TODAY, 10 May 2023
• My original plan was to leave my rental car on the mainland and bicycle around the hilly, 55-square-mile island.
  — Susan Glaser, cleveland, 14 July 2022
• As the rupture passes through the hilly neighborhoods of San Francisco to your north and west, the sturdy bedrock mutes the earth’s motion.
  — WIRED, 15 June 2023
• Jenin, along with the hilly interior of Palestine known as the West Bank, was annexed by Jordan.
  — Maha Nassar, The Conversation, 5 July 2023
• The closer views are hilly, with the towering Alps visible in the distance in certain spots.
  — Diane Daniel, Washington Post, 24 June 2022
• The city government is building new schools, roads and parks, funding jobs programs and sending garbage trucks through the hilly streets.
  — Dov Lieber, WSJ, 29 July 2022
• All of the rain must go somewhere, but the ground is already wet, and the hilly, mountainous terrain has less surface area for rain to soak into the soil.
  — Jennifer Gray, CNN, 10 July 2023
• What’s different are the ten carbide spikes added to each shoe’s sole, spread across the fore and rear of the foot for traction on icy surfaces over flat and hilly terrain.
  — Adam W. Chase, Outside Online, 31 Jan. 2023
• Saturday’s eighth stage is a hilly 116-mile route from Dole in eastern France to Lausanne in Switzerland.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 8 July 2022

Last Updated: 3 May 2024