crevasse

Example Sentences

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The dragon will give Mae the flower, but first she must rescue his son, which has fallen down a crevasse.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 9, 2025

While repelling a mountain wall, Mr Huserka’s thread cracked and he fell into an ice crevasse, he partner said.

From BBC • Nov. 5, 2024

To Byatt, maternal mental health is not a gap but a crevasse.

From Salon • Sep. 10, 2024

Honnold wants to continue even as they approach the center of a crevasse field, where giant cracks in the surface, some hundreds of feet deep, are hard to spot until they’re nearly underfoot.

From New York Times • Mar. 29, 2024

Shortly after that, Adams descended to a flat bench just above the steep ice incline that had given me so much trouble, and fell into a small crevasse.

From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer