perpendicularly

There was no way of penetrating the island from our cove, for the walls rose perpendicularly from the beach, and, on either side of the cove, rose from the deep water.

Chapter 29 2010

A display popped up, showing the three chosen rocks in a split screen, the dark spikes of the broken missiles sticking out perpendicularly from the surface.

365 tomorrows » Sam Clough : A New Free Flash Fiction SciFi Story Every Day 2009

A display popped up, showing the three chosen rocks in a split screen, the dark spikes of the broken missiles sticking out perpendicularly from the surface.

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And even at Södermalm, where the mountain rises perpendicularly from the strand, they began to build.

Further Adventures of Nils 1911

Before long they came to the Bald-Face Bluffs — huge walls of rock which rose perpendicularly from the river.

Chased By The Trail 1907

There was no way of penetrating the island from our cove, for the walls rose perpendicularly from the beach, and, on either side of the cove, rose from the deep water.

Chapter 29 1904

At the end of the engagement it was discovered by those of our officers who went alongside the enemy's ship with the wounded that her midship section on both sides was thoroughly iron-coated; this having been done with chain constructed for the purpose, placed perpendicularly from the rail to the water's edge, the whole covered over by a thin outer planking, which gave no indication of the armour beneath.

The Fight Between the Alabama and the Kearsarge off Cherbourg 1864

Chedder cliffs amply repaid us. never did I see a grander scene — immense rocks rising perpendicularly from the glen to such a height that as pains the neck of the spectator, & terminating in the most bold & fantastic manner. large trees grew from the interstices of the stone & the sheep browzed on the edge of every precipice. a stream of water cold & clear flows from under the rocks where we paused to drink & pour libations to the Naiad. on a similar spring at Chilcompton Coleridge has written a very beautiful poem.

Letter 98 1798

The thrust was made horizontally, -- that is, across the ribs and between them, instead of perpendicularly, which is the usual method of stabbing.

The Shrieking Pit 1907

I turned each little squirrel skin inside out like a sock and stacked them in piles, two skins abreast like strips of bacon, and then laid another two perpendicularly on top, alternatively, until each stack contained a hundred skins ready to be graded.

A DAY AT THE FUR AUCTION • by Stephen Taylor 2009