An area of gently sloping hills.    From Wordnet, Princeton University. 

Ice sloping from a bank may trap air underneath, reducing its strength.    From Wordnik.com.  [Safety Tips for Fishing Late-Winter Ice] Reference

Now, however, the yield curve is upwardly sloping, meaning long-term rates are higher than short-term rates again.    From Wordnik.com.  [Treasury Yield,] Reference

Jean Maria put her hands on the sloping, dusty dashboard.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Golden Vault of Jean Maria Schwartz in Heaven] Reference

However, there is now a sloping rear window that cuts into cargo volume.    From Wordnik.com.  [Just In: Saturn Vue XR] Reference

Every name on the sloping black wall of the Vietnam Memorial tells a story.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Weight of What-If] Reference

Up and up the upward-sloping avenue, then a right into a side, quiet street.    From Wordnik.com.  [Hello and Thank You!] Reference

That is, assuming people don't mind living with sloping floors and no closets.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Discomforts of Home] Reference

The sloping roof and high door sill make it difficult to even enter the back seat.    From Wordnik.com.  [First impression: 2010 Acura ZDX] Reference

Her lazy, endlessly sloping phrases magnify the hidden shades of meaning in a lyric.    From Wordnik.com.  [Elis Regina: The Feeling Between The Notes] Reference

The Optima now looks more coupe-like, with a sloping roof and a wide rear roof pillar.    From Wordnik.com.  [First look video: 2011 Kia Optima] Reference

Slowly at first, the Lamb on Wheels began to roll down the long, smooth, sloping board.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Story of a Lamb on Wheels] Reference

Then, at the edge of the field, the cinder path resumed sloping downhill toward the river.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Palatski Man] Reference

But the Prius-like split rear window and sloping roof line do restrict visibility out back.    From Wordnik.com.  [Just In: 2010 Honda Accord Crosstour] Reference

The only things Jacquèline keeps up are her nails, immaculate nails, long dragon-sloping nails.    From Wordnik.com.  [Dead Mothers] Reference

The stone is sheared off the backside, sloping not directly down, but gently away from the peak.    From Wordnik.com.  [Tom Matlack: Let 'er Rip] Reference

 Twenty feet above the shoreline, the manzanitas grew close together on sloping red clay banks.    From Wordnik.com.  [Anniversary Cruise] Reference

Across the gently sloping valley of wheat was another hill as high as the one he had just climbed.    From Wordnik.com.  [OUT ON THE EDGE OF VICTORIAN CIVILIZATION] Reference

As I lost or exhausted the colors, the man's grin would wobble, marred by gaps and sloping canines.    From Wordnik.com.  [Colin Summers: Learning to Draw] Reference

It glided near the sloping Portage Glacier, which calved chunks of luminous blue ice into the lake.    From Wordnik.com.  [Alaska plane crash a painful reminder for families of Boggs and Begich] Reference

Their "house" overlooks a sloping field and a valley with a peach orchard that blooms pink in spring.    From Wordnik.com.  [Angels Carry the Sun excerpt: Chapter One, In the Woods] Reference

From this opening choir of sloping arms flows an infinite number of such lines, some small, some huge.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Ballet That Changed Everything] Reference

"Visibility has gotten even worse — thicker pillars, tiny rear window, miserable ¾ sloping side window.".    From Wordnik.com.  [From the logbook: Nissan Murano] Reference

More often than not, the ritual ends abruptly, with one of the two sloping off to do something more interesting.    From Wordnik.com.  [Country diary: Bedfordshire] Reference

Brahushi and his clan staked out a spot in a muddy field beside a mosque, on the sloping shore of a manmade lake.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Family's Terrifying Odyssey] Reference

 She glanced back across the sloping lawn and the terracotta walkway to the man who was, then, staring back at her.    From Wordnik.com.  [Trust Walk] Reference

Don't be fooled, though, by the fact that Silva stands at 5ft 6in, with sloping shoulders, and weighs less than 11st.    From Wordnik.com.  [David Silva the little man thinks big at Manchester City] Reference

In Tucson, Ariz., a sloping front yard was transformed into a desert rock garden filled with native cacti, agaves, and yuccas.    From Wordnik.com.  [Giving Up On Grass] Reference

Moving to a sloping rear roof line while also improving visibility for third-row seat passengers (as claimed) is a nice trick.    From Wordnik.com.  [2010 Chicago Auto Show: Notes and notables] Reference

The Pavilion is canopied by large retractable awnings and a sloping freestanding wall that allows the park to inhabit the interiors.    From Wordnik.com.  [Spread ArtCulture: The New Serpentine Pavilion: Sleepover in the Park] Reference

I find the sloping rear and big rear pillars to be an impediment, not only when backing up, but when assessing the traffic behind me.    From Wordnik.com.  [Personal Picks: Small SUVs, part 2] Reference

Then turn into any hutong and lose yourself in a maze of these narrow lanes, lined with courtyard houses that feature sloping tile roofs.    From Wordnik.com.  [Susan Orlins: Worrywart's 8 Stress-Reducing Things to Do in Beijing] Reference

The sloping rear hatch also reduces the cargo area; you need to be careful to have everything far enough inside before shutting the door.    From Wordnik.com.  [Loading up the moving (mini)van] Reference

 I can stand before the sink in the kitchen and look out through the carport to where the long, sloping driveway fades into the highway.    From Wordnik.com.  [Fifth of July] Reference

There are a lot of lovely, sloping hills around the Mount of Beatitudes, an idyllic site that descends to the shore of the Sea of Galilee.    From Wordnik.com.  [Bush of Galilee] Reference