Alps

Example Sentences

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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

Scientists are warning that glaciers in the Austrian Alps are not just shrinking, but are disintegrating, because of climate change.

From BBC • Mar. 13, 2026

She struggled with it, she confronted it, and finally, on a clear day in the Alps, she conquered it again, weeping at the finish line.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 23, 2026

She had been forced to wait when the event was postponed on Saturday due to heavy snow high in Livigno, high in the Italian Alps.

From Barron's • Feb. 22, 2026

“That was a lot of trudging through the Alps for nothing, then!”

From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood