At least for now, the steepest part of the slide appears to be over.

We are still on a very steep part of our learning curve.

The boys came to a very steep part indeed, and discovered that rough steps had been cut there.

Now she walked beside him, breathing easily as they came up the steep part of the hill.

That was when they reached a really steep part of the road, just above the Chater itself.

They found the least steep part of the cliff and began to inch their way down it.

He held to her hand longer than was necessary as they went down the steep part of the hill.

I went back, scrambling up the steep part in the dark.

Nierlich was in second place after the first run, having failed to hold his early lead on the steep lower part of the course.

The trail will go down a steeper part of the mountain.