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 wreckage of the plane was strewn across a hilly, forested area.
    Elaine Yu, WSJ, 23 Mar. 2022
  • The hilly course was soaked with more than 1½ inches of rain overnight.
    BostonGlobe.com, 18 Sep. 2021
  • 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
  • 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
  • Same hilly route through the woods, same rhythmic music of paws on snow.
    Katie Galioto, Star Tribune, 26 Jan. 2021
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • The race course cannot be excessively hilly and can have no steep hills.
    Jeff Galloway, Outside Online, 4 Sep. 2020
  • Gehrke doesn’t back away from anyone on a hilly dirt track, either.
    Darren Day, chicagotribune.com, 20 Jan. 2022
  • This is when the system will crash into the hilly terrain in and near the Appalachians.
    Jeff Berardelli, CBS News, 30 Aug. 2021
  • 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
  • Here, among hilly terrain, lie some of the first Black residents of Dallas.
    Maggie Kelleher, Dallas News, 26 Apr. 2021
  • The hilly landscape, which spans some 500 square miles, also shares a border with Jordan and Lebanon.
    Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN, 28 July 2024
  • On Thursday, state media released photographs of a projectile striking a target in a hilly area.
    Reuters, NBC News, 19 Sep. 2024
  • The hilly landscape provides plenty of opportunities to get the heart rate up and strengthen leg muscles without needing a treadmill or mechanical stair-stepper.
    Raeleen D'agostino Mautner, Contributor, CNBC, 12 Sep. 2024

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