Alps

Example Sentences

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He talks about a trip he took one summer to the French Alps doing research with artisan cheese makers.

From Salon • Apr. 25, 2026

Just over a year after the unveiling of the "Frankfurt Silver Inscription" -- the oldest known Christian written testimony north of the Alps -- attention is once again turning to this ancient site.

From Science Daily • Apr. 5, 2026

Number two: the Roman historian Livy’s book about the Second Punic War, with Rome against the invading North African armies from Carthage and Hannibal’s war elephants crossing the Alps.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 16, 2026

"Climate change has long been a reality in the Alps, and we are experiencing its consequences... right now," Nicole Slupetzky, Vice-President of the Austrian Alpine Club said.

From BBC • Mar. 13, 2026

My friends are buying long-pants suits that cost from seventeen to twenty dollars, a sum as huge to me as the Alps!

From "Black Boy" by Richard Wright