fissure

Example Sentences

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The platinum spike may have come from a volcanic fissure eruption in Iceland rather than an object from space.

From Science Daily • Mar. 20, 2026

Fittingly, the sound creates a crack in one of the home’s windows: Via that fissure, the unfolding apocalypse creeps into their lives.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 4, 2026

The bus fell into three-metre-wide ice fissure on Friday, Kobzev said in a post on Telegram.

From BBC • Feb. 21, 2026

Like the fissure between Tim and Millie, the cracks in our once-perfect relationship formed so gradually I didn’t even notice them.

From Salon • Jul. 30, 2025

His javelin slammed into the earth where Artemis had been a split second before, and a fissure opened in the rocks.

From "The Titan's Curse" by Rick Riordan