How to Use hilly in a Sentence
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The car veered to the right off the highway into a hilly area.
—J.k. Dineen, SFChronicle.com, 7 Dec. 2019
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The hilly mound of an island rises out of the calm waters of the lake.
—Meagan Drillinger, Travel + Leisure, 23 Jan. 2024
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The wreckage of the plane was strewn across a hilly, forested area.
—Elaine Yu, WSJ, 23 Mar. 2022
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The hilly course was soaked with more than 1½ inches of rain overnight.
—BostonGlobe.com, 18 Sep. 2021
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Truex and Busch were the class of the final stage in a caution-free race on the hilly road course.
—Greg Beacham, BostonGlobe.com, 23 June 2019
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The road where the chase occurred is hilly and curvy, with steep drop offs and gullies, the charges said.
—Tess Williams, Anchorage Daily News, 15 Nov. 2021
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Out in the country, the same thing can happen with hilly roads that twist and turn.
—Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics, 15 June 2020
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The Boston Marathon, a tricky, hilly beast of a course, has humbled legends in the past.
—Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 16 Apr. 2023
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Worse, the canyon marked the start of rocky, hilly terrain that extended for miles.
—Larry Rohter, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Apr. 2023
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Visitors can hike around the hilly village for a fee of $8.
—Maggie Hiufu Wong, CNN, 6 Oct. 2022
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Salis rock makes up many of the hilly top growing sites on this western edge.
—Susan H. Gordon, Forbes, 27 May 2022
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Same hilly route through the woods, same rhythmic music of paws on snow.
—Katie Galioto, Star Tribune, 26 Jan. 2021
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Cameron and Dorfman were just two of over a dozen celebrities to hit the famous (and hilly) course.
—Julie Mazziotta, PEOPLE.com, 4 Nov. 2019
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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
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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
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More than 10 miles of groomed cross-country ski trails wind through the hilly landscape.
—Chelsey Lewis, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 8 Feb. 2018
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The broad sweep of the Great Lawn is a bit hilly and uneven, and guests should wear sturdy shoes or sneakers.
—courant.com, 4 June 2021
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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
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The state meet took place on a hilly, windswept course in Reno where Stevens watched runners from the biggest schools race first.
—Kurt Streeter, New York Times, 17 Nov. 2021
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Schools in my hilly Hudson Valley town were closed for a week or more.
—Paul Daugherty, Cincinnati.com, 26 Feb. 2020
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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
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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
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Pieces of the plane are spread out around hilly and flat terrain, in water and over farm land, McCarter said.
—Jacob Beckwith, The Courier-Journal, 17 May 2024
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The race course cannot be excessively hilly and can have no steep hills.
—Jeff Galloway, Outside Online, 4 Sep. 2020
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Gehrke doesn’t back away from anyone on a hilly dirt track, either.
—Darren Day, chicagotribune.com, 20 Jan. 2022
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This is when the system will crash into the hilly terrain in and near the Appalachians.
—Jeff Berardelli, CBS News, 30 Aug. 2021
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The hilly expanses were dotted by farms and busy oil pumps.
—Tamer El-Ghobashy, Washington Post, 7 May 2018
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This hilly bowl once formed the headwaters of Dolores Creek.
—Thomas Graham, SFChronicle.com, 28 June 2018
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At nearby Cameron Park, more than 10 miles of twisty trails cut through hilly, wooded terrain along the Brazos River.
—Pam Leblanc, Southern Living, 27 Dec. 2024
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The Palisades fire started Tuesday and moved rapidly through the hilly Pacific Palisades neighborhood, home to many celebrities.
—Francine Kiefer, The Christian Science Monitor, 8 Jan. 2025
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