Sentences with phrase «at a steep angle from»

The cable runs at a steep angle from the mast to beyond the bow to the bowsprit... more than a hundred feet.

Not exact matches

Keki occasionally may be found riding on his chest in the steep, dumping waves at Makapuu, the small windward beach where body surfers must know how to angle left or right on the shoulder of the wave to keep from gutting themselves on the rocks.

The stopes are a meter high and they tilt downward at a steep angle, so you go down them almost like a slide, passing from one tunnel to the next.

Just 45 minutes later it was listing at an angle too steep for lifeboats to be lowered from its port side.

If the ball comes down at the basket from a steeper angle, the way it does if tossed up in the high arc characteristic of an underhand throw, the margin reappears.

The windshield slopes back at a steeper angle, and the roofline is more dramatic, giving Camry a fastback look from the side.

Its hatch — now made from TSOP (Toyota Super Olefin Polymer) and ABS (Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene)-- is not only lightweight to aid fuel efficiency, it is set at a steeper angle (moved 14 degrees forward) for that ultimate sporty look.

The train was about to climb at an almost impossibly steep angle, from fjord shores up to Myrdal, a station at the top of craggy mountains above.

The majority of sites along the island's western coast and around the nearby island of Klein Bonaire feature similar profiles: Beaches or rocky shorelines are fronted by a coastal ledge that slopes gradually from the waterline to a depth of around 25 feet, then turns downward at a steeper angle to reach depths of around 100 feet.

First is the stand position, which is at a relatively steep angle, making it ideal for media consumption, and there is another tilt position at a much smaller angle that lets you do everything from typing, playing games, watching videos, or browsing the web.