How to Use promontory in a Sentence

promontory

noun
  • Cape May is Delaware Bay's largest promontory.
  • Rex the lion stood atop a tall, rocky promontory at the rear of the float.
    — Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Jan. 2024
  • By foot, there are trekking and cycling routes wind through the promontory.
    — Rachel King, Fortune, 2 July 2022
  • Perched high above the lake on a windswept promontory, the Swiss chalet-style lodge feels like a clifftop castle.
    — Shilo Urban, Travel + Leisure, 22 Nov. 2025
  • Perched high above the lake on a windswept promontory, the Swiss chalet-style lodge feels like a clifftop castle.
    — Shilo Urban, Travel + Leisure, 19 May 2026
  • Sasakwa Lodge rambles along a rocky promontory perched above the rolling plains.
    — Town & Country, 6 Oct. 2016
  • It’s characterized by a promontory that curls around its harbor, which doubles as a small sandy beach.
    — Laura Itzkowitz, AFAR Media, 21 Jan. 2026
  • To your left is a slightly higher promontory jutting farther into the canyon.
    — Scott Craven, azcentral, 26 July 2019
  • The rover looks north from Duck Bay toward the promontory called Cape Verde.
    — Discover Magazine, 13 Feb. 2019
  • Every piece of her from cheek bones to hips, breasts to the pointy promontory of her chin is dangerously angular.
    — Erik Kain, Forbes, 26 May 2021
  • The crumbling settlement sat on a grassy promontory at the foot of a towering mountain.
    — Susan Portnoy, Travel + Leisure, 29 Mar. 2024
  • The estate sits on a promontory and has 12 bedrooms and 24 bathrooms.
    — Aimée Lutkin, ELLE, 5 June 2023
  • The estates are built into the rocky promontories and cliffs overlooking the water below.
    — Emma Reynolds, Robb Report, 24 Feb. 2023
  • By daybreak, a widening promontory of newborn land could be seen forming under plumes of steam rising high into the area.
    — Daniel Roca and Joseph Wilson, Anchorage Daily News, 29 Sep. 2021
  • Thanks to a generous promontory, setting top ropes for beginners here is simple.
    — AFAR Media, 28 Aug. 2025
  • The castle sits atop a dramatic rocky promontory and makes for a spooky side trip for those visiting Bucharest (about a three-hour drive south).
    — Nicole Kliest, Vogue, 18 Oct. 2025
  • Our last stop before heading to our suite was outside to take a peek at the iconic infinity pool, perched on a promontory with sea-blue views for miles.
    — Hannah Chubb, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 Jan. 2026
  • Perched on a brownish-red tuff promontory near the Umbrian border, Civita is a place where time stands still.
    — Silvia Marchetti, CNN, 8 Sep. 2022
  • If the tide is low enough, walk south down the sand, past the large promontory, and over to your own secluded piece of Half Moon Bay.
    — SFChronicle.com, 12 July 2018
  • But after a long successful voyage a great number of those fishing boats have met the wave and been dashed against the rocks on Nazaré’s promontory.
    — Paul Theroux, Smithsonian, 27 June 2018
  • The Torre Truglia, located at the tip of the promontory on which Sperlonga is built, boasts the best views in town.
    — Cnt Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 10 July 2019
  • In their flying-squirrel suits, Hunt and Potter jumped off a promontory and swooped toward a ridge with a slot in it called the Notch.
    — Nick Paumgarten, New Yorker, 4 May 2026
  • The promontories rising on each side of the Strait of Gibraltar are known as the Pillars of Hercules.
    — Elizabeth Fernandez, Big Think, 4 Sep. 2025
  • The proposal includes the creation of two artificial headlands or small promontories extending out on the beach to hold the sand in place.
    — Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Apr. 2025
  • Northwest of the high point, follow the main trail to a rocky promontory that looks down on Pirate’s Cove Beach and a jumble of black rocks and tide pools.
    — Los Angeles Times, 13 Mar. 2021
  • Sitting atop a privatized promontory on just over 3/4 acres, the design-forward abode will offer seven bedrooms and nine bathrooms.
    — Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 21 Jan. 2026
  • The promontory has a view of the Golden Gate, through which marines sailed when returning from the war before disembarking at Ft.
    — Sam Whiting, San Francisco Chronicle, 4 June 2021
  • Avista, located within The Cliff Bay, looks straight out over the Atlantic from a natural promontory above the coast.
    — Lauren Mowery, Forbes.com, 22 Jan. 2026
  • Wildflowers bloomed in the attractive promontory park, a five-minute stroll down the beach, and the week leading up to Greek Easter lent a festive atmosphere.
    — Luke Pyenson, BostonGlobe.com, 18 June 2019
  • The site reopened Sunday afternoon and a trickle of tourists started returning to the Mont across a promontory that connects it to the mainland.
    — Sheila Norman-Culp, The Seattle Times, 22 Apr. 2018

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