Like a mansard roof

Usage examples of sloped.

In the distance, the ground sloped downward and he could make out a strip of lush green land.

This was a cove comparatively free of brush, and the bank sloped gradually to the water.

The bank sloped up to fine white sand and a dense growth of green, in the middle of which there appeared to be a narrow lane.

Gradually the land sloped, then dropped by the frozen stream Sunbright had mentioned.

Paks could see behind them the great tumbled rug of forest and field that sloped from the mountains to the Honnorgat.

The Illyrian Dales were limestone hills, big but gently sloped, endlessly varied.

The farther he went the damper it seemed to be, and when he was able to feel a junction or the mouth of a side passage he always chose the way which sloped downward the least.

And this mystic region sloped and slanted to a great amphitheater that was walled on the opposite side by a mountain of bare earth of every hue, and of a thousand ribbed and scalloped surfaces.

On the other side sloped a long incline of beautiful blue-green water, shining like painted glass.

The entrance to the quarry sloped to his left, the ramp leading down to the original beach.

Huge dunes sloped among the ruined walls, pieces of burnt timber sticking from the smooth flanks.

Before him, the far side sloped gradually down, lending the entire ridge the appearance of a titanic shoulder-blade.

Beyond this, Ahmet could now see that the avenue sloped upward to ward a great platform that dominated the eastern end of the city.

She felt her eyes fill with water, blinked up at the swimming, sloped ceiling of the hide tent, and released a slow, agonized breath.

From there, the back sloped steeply to the small pelvis and almost dainty hips.