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

He described a near-death plunge into a crevasse when he failed to detect it beneath a blanket of snow.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 22, 2024

In the sides of this crevasse were great shapes of ice, and there was no bottom to it.

From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin