foothill

IPA: fˈʊthɪɫ

Examples of "foothill" in Sentences

The lower third of the mountains, that is, the foothill section, is only tree-dotted.
Next morning it was agreed we would split up and climb a foothill to glass for Bulls.
A small stream runs near the orphanage, a huge three-story house at a foothill in the semi-rural village.
Brenda became a devoted fan of hikes in Sabino Canyon, meals at Café Poca Cosa, and massages, pedicures and yoga up at the foothill resorts.
Brenda became a devoted fan of hikes in Sabino Canyon, meals at CafÃ© Poca Cosa, and massages, pedicures and yoga up at the foothill resorts.
But in the foothill community of La Canada Flintridge, where more than 40 homes were destroyed by a mudslide last year, resident Lien Yang said the streets were clear of mud and debris.
There are other Ends, though, of a more forgiving nature, such as Rowling End below the outline of Causey Pike, Hobcarton End along the route from Grisedale Pike to Whinlatter Pass and two Lingmell Ends – one standing guard over Kentmere reservoir; the other, a foothill below Steeple in Ennerdale.
The early problem of defaults on the so-called sub-prime mortgages was merely a foothill leading to the Himalayas of today's foreclosures, where banks and primary investors stand to lose billions upon billions, one hundred percent of each of many of the loans they have made on residential real estate in the United States, and literally thousands upon thousands of otherwise normal middle class families are being put out on the street.