steep

the steep inclination of a roof.

the steep rise in unemployment.

a steep membership fee.

a steep rise in salaries.

There was a steep rise in prices.

a steep, black-diamond run.

this is a rather steep statement.

scramble up a steep hillside

The face of the cliff was a steep climb.

the plane had gone into a steep descent.

a steep, badly eroded descent.

the land fell away in a steep bank.

a city steeped in history.

steep the tea in boiling water

ruins steeped in gloom

This is a city steeped in history.

The train snailed up the steep grade.

The peaks grow tall with steep slopes.

Francl's book Steeped, however, is no joke.

It's the steepest part of this trendline.

It's often used with the adjective steep, a steep learning curve.

Martin Luther King Jr., he says, was always steeped in the ideas and always prepared.

No, I think the, uh, Wagoneer's a little too steep for us.

As Prime Minister, he's restored economic stability to a country once steeped in crisis.

To my 12-year-old eyes, the hill was a mountain and the slope impossibly steep.

Sometimes bees paid a steep price for this preference.