" "One would say too," observed Herbert, "that these cliffs were perfectly perpendicular; and I believe that at their foot, even with a line five or six times longer, Pencroft would not find bottom.
The pickaxe was easily found, and the hole could be seen in a perpendicular line above the spot where it was stuck in the sand.
It was by this that the water escaped; and this time it was not an oblique and practicable passage, but a perpendicular well, into which it was impossible to venture.
" "Well, my boy, I have just constructed two similar right-angled triangles; the first, the smallest, has for its sides the perpendicular pole, the distance which separates the little stick from the foot of the pole and my visual ray for hypothenuse; the second has for its sides the perpendicular cliff, the height of which we wish to measure, the distance which separates the little stick from the bottom of the cliff, and my visual ray also forms its hypothenuse, which proves to be prolongatio
It was a perpendicular wall of very hard granite, which even the waves had not worn away.
The second level was separated by a perpendicular granite cliff, terminated at the top by an unequal edge at a height of at least 300 feet.
Is there an eyebrow hair that's somehow growing perpendicular to the rest, or one random hair growing in an otherwise smooth part of your neck?
It ran perpendicular to the end of the main thoroughfare bisecting the bazaar.
While standing on one leg and attempting to lift his other leg perpendicular to the ground, Rick Salmeron, a certified financial planner who is president of Salmeron Financial in Dallas and who practices Bikram yoga, a type of yoga traditionally practiced in 105-degree heat, says, 'I'm thinking of my clients who can't help but be attracted to Apple at $600 a share or oil at $140 a barrel.
The cathedral is built in the Perpendicular Gothic style, characterized by its tall windows and flat fan-vaulted ceilings.
g, Lincoln Cathedral and then Perpendicular.
The perpendicular rocks were covered with slippery ice, and where in summer the stream from the rocks had left a watery veil, icicles large and heavy hung from the trees, while the snow-powdered fir-trees were decorated with fantastic garlands of crystal.
The house was situated in a narrow gorge, whose rocky walls rose to a perpendicular height, naked and black, while round their summits clouds often hung, looking like white living figures.
I looked around and saw that the majority stood in little groups along the slopes while several others were perched atop the perpendicular cliff walls.
