| 1. | "So close behind some promontory li. - from Moby Dick; or The Whale by Herman Melville |
| 2. | Stretched like a promontory sleeps or swims. - from Moby Dick; or The Whale by Herman Melville |
| 3. | I mark'd where on a little promontory it stood isolated. - from Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman |
| 4. | And climb the highest promontory top. - from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare |
| 5. | seems to me a sterile promontory this most excellent canopy, th. - from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare |
| 6. | I could see the cool green tree-tops swaying together in the breeze, and I felt sure I should make the next promontory without fail. - from Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson |
| 7. | As I turned the promontory I perceived a small neat town and a good harbour, which I entered, my heart bounding with joy at my unexpected escape. - from Frankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft (Godwin) Shelley |
| 8. | The most violent storm hung exactly north of the town, over the part of the lake which lies between the promontory of Belrive and the village of Copet. - from Frankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft (Godwin) Shelley |
| 9. | I drew rein on a little level promontory overlooking the trail below and to my left, and saw the party of pursuing savages disappearing around the point of a neighboring peak. - from A Princess of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs |