Steeply Pitched

If I may close with a pick of my own, I have to follow through on a vow that I made recently: to shout from the rooftops (virtually speaking, as I'm terrified of my steeply-pitched roofline) about a hugely readable, emotionally wrenching YA science fiction novel that came out in paperback this summer - it's my favorite handselling pick this fall from any of the publishers that I represent. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Let Kalink presume that this was how his thief got in, and wonder how on earth he came up the wall from the yard, or down the wall from the steeply-pitched roof. ❋ Lackey, Mercedes (2001)

The spur stood up crazily on the sheer edge of the cliff, like a chimney built on top of a steeply-pitched roof. ❋ Aldiss, Brian (1962)

Accordingly, two of the gentlemen of the company, attended by half a dozen soldiers and as many natives, left the camp on the river-bank and threaded the steeply-pitched woods to the native village. ❋ Tom Bevan (N/A)

Renaissance, which now goes by the name of the Nieuwerck, with its ten shapely arches supported by slender pillars, above whose sculptured capitals rise tiers of narrow windows and the steeply-pitched roof with gables of curiously carved stone. ❋ Am��d��e Forestier (1887)

The exterior of this hall, with its steeply-pitched roof, is a favourite subject for artists. ❋ Walter Besant (1868)

At the end cottage there is a stile on your right leading to the small, square black wooden-clad building with a steeply-pitched slate roof. ❋ Unknown (2010)