cirque
Example Sentences
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In its early years, it was located smack in the middle of the grounds, a beaconing festival-goers with beats, cirque performances and the all-important misters.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 14, 2024
This mile-long paved trail, which goes by bogs, meadows and waterfalls, leads to a stunning lake in a cirque surrounded by mountains.
From New York Times ● Jun. 19, 2023
The trail takes you through aspen, birch and pine groves until it reaches a small basalt column cirque with a peaceful waterfall.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 6, 2021
At the time, between 10,000 and 6,300 years ago, there was limited sediment accumulation in Delta Lake that suggests a reduction in meltwater coming from the cirque above.
From Washington Times ● Dec. 11, 2020
Beneath my Vibram soles the wall fell away for three thousand feet to the dirty, avalanche-scarred cirque of the Witches Cauldron Glacier.
From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer
