promontory

IPA: prʌmˈoʊntˈɔri

Examples of "promontory" in Sentences

The plants on the promontory are also changing with the season.
At the tip of the promontory is the Dungeness nuclear power station.
Below the promontory was a level area, perfect for a trading settlement.
Just over the promontory is an isthmus with a small sheltered beach semi-enclosed by two rocky arms.
Carmel -- the mountain promontory north of Israel, in Asher, abounding in rich pastures, olives, and vines.
Though fishermen and picnickers sometimes appear in the afternoons or evenings, the lakefront on both sides of the promontory is pristine and undeveloped.
He had just become aware of the first dusky breath of the twilight, when a tiny sloop appeared, rounding the Deid Heid, as they called the promontory which closed in the bay on the east.