crevasses

Example Sentences

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There’s a point being made there: His wrinkles and crevasses echo the landscape, which has also been shaped by time and forces of nature.

From New York Times • May 24, 2024

It’s best known for wide spine-tingling crevasses spanned by flimsy-looking aluminum ladders lashed together with rope.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 29, 2024

Yet for decades, due to the risk of avalanches and hidden snow-lined crevasses, no research expedition had ever been able to reach the peak of Nevado Huascarán to collect these ancient records.

From Science Daily • Nov. 15, 2023

They sat in groups on its stone ledges and in the crevasses between the big boulders.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 27, 2023

We got clear of the pressure-ridges and crevasses in the first hour of pulling.

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