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Reaching the wreckage proved difficult as emergency workers, backed by paramilitary forces, climbed down a steep mountainside to the ravine up to 25 meters (80 feet) deep.—ABC News,
3 July 2026 Situated on a mountainside, the single-story house overlooks the Tennessee River.—
Katie Schultz,
Architectural Digest,
30 June 2026 Built into the contours of the mountainside, there’s a lot of hotel packed into its relatively small footprint.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
19 June 2026 The stucco walls and windows plastered with images of Greek mountainsides and islands could lean cheesy, but somehow only add to the atmosphere.—
Tara Massouleh McCay,
Southern Living,
11 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for mountainside