climber

Example Sentences

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Wharton’s relentless social climber, Undine Spragg, is named after the hair product that made her father his fortune.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 19, 2026

As Thrall went down he found a struggling Polish climber, and they continued descending together.

From BBC • Jun. 4, 2026

As Thrall went down, he found a Polish climber who was struggling after running out of supplementary oxygen and had suffered frostbite.

From Barron's • Jun. 4, 2026

The wife of an American climber last seen on Ben Nevis almost four months ago said her grief is "on hold" while she waits for answers.

From BBC • Jun. 4, 2026

Fischer answered that he now took far fewer chances than he had during his reckless youth—that he had become a much more careful, more conservative climber.

From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer