sharp-peaked

Sevanna studied the building, with its sharp-peaked red roof and blue walls, then turned to the field in front of it.

The Path of Daggers Jordan, Robert, 1948- 1998

Around them stretched hundreds of sharp-peaked tents, gray and dusty white, tents and picket lines of already saddled horses.

A Crown of Swords Jordan, Robert, 1948- 1996

That when the tide of the dark hosts of Acheron drew back from civilized lands, some of its leavings remained here among the sharp-peaked mountains and the forests as dark as a death-spell?

Conan the Relentless Green, Roland 1992

Separating around obstructions, such as the soaring tops of mountains, and rejoining on the other side-often taking a large part of the rock with it and leaving behind sharp-peaked islands-a glacier followed the contours of the land, grinding and reshaping it as it went.

The Plains of Passage Auel, Jean M. 1990

He decided, for the first time since they had reached the great delta, to leave the security of the Great Mother River and ride north beside a tributary, into the foothills of the high, sharp-peaked mountains that were now much closer to the river.

The Plains of Passage Auel, Jean M. 1990

Ten inches below the hip joint there was a pointed, purple swelling like a sharp-peaked little tent and as he touched it with his fingers he could feel the snapped-off thigh bone tight against the skin.

For Whom The Bell Tolls Hemingway, Ernest, 1899-1961 1940

Ten inches below the hip joint there was a pointed, purple swelling like a sharp-peaked little tent and as he touched it with his fingers he could feel the snapped-off thigh bone tight against the skin.

For Whom The Bell Tolls Hemingway, Ernest, 1899-1961 1940

In the outskirts the houses are of wood, with sharp-peaked roofs, and little hovels of mud and rubbish loll in the dense-black cool shadows of the productive groves and of the immense trees that are a feature of the place.

Tramping Through Mexico, Guatemala and Honduras — Being the Random Notes of an Incurable Vagabond Harry Alverson Franck 1921

The only trees which she saw were the stunted mimosas of the desert; the only sea the great stretches of yellow sand; the only cliffs the sharp-peaked pyramidal black rocks rising abruptly from its surface.

The Four Feathers 1906

Barney walked around the yucca, stood behind the extended arm, squinted at the sharp-peaked butte with the black capping, toward which the gaunt tree seemed to point.

The Trail of the White Mule B. M. Bower 1905