What is "rockier"

Usage examples of "rockier".

It was rockier than the smooth California beaches I was used to, more gravelly and full of sharp, broken shells.

Leaving the Ystrad behind, the companions climbed slopes steeper and rockier than any they had traveled before.

Gradually the land on both banks grew rockier, less and less suitable for farming, and the habitations fewer.

The Out-Country was rushing past, looking much rockier and steeper than when last he saw it.

The terrain became steeper and rockier but it was still negotiable without resorting to climbing.

Gradually the valley narrowed and became rockier and bleaker until eventually they were obliged to dismount and continue on foot.

The path was leading downhill, first across the relatively smooth turf of the back paddock, now along the much harder, rockier path that led into the woods along the river.

As the land grew hillier and rockier, she began to see frequent signs for dude ranches as well as glimpsing some of the local wildlife: quail, jackrabbits, and wild turkey.

The banks grew higher and rockier, and the water, deep and silvery under the moon, flowed in a somewhat swifter current.

The ground was rougher and rockier than it looked and it was not easy to find a comfortable position, and the leg that had given him trouble on and off during the march was throbbing again from ankle to knee, and for hours, it seemed, he could not get to sleep despite his weariness.

The sphere, taking advantage of the irregular terrain, followed him closely or moved ahead in order to deflect him toward the rockier patches of ground, ready to rush against the cage whenever the lay of the land might make it the least bit vulnerable.

There are certain areas of our estate, specifically some of the rockier outcrops near our boundaries that might well yield interesting information on the past.

They set down in a dry creek bed not far from the sea, which here crashed against a much rockier, wilder shore than the one they had left They were situated not far north of a major city, on the northern crest of the southwestern continent.