fjord
Example Sentences
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“The first snow has fallen and the ice on the fjord is getting thicker.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 20, 2026
"In winter, everything is white, and if you are flying in a helicopter, for example, and have to monitor an area, you cannot see if a snowmobile has been driven down to a fjord."
From Barron's • Jan. 28, 2026
They placed a ten-kilometer-long fiber-optic cable on the seafloor across the fjord in front of the Eqalorutsit Kangilliit Sermiat glacier.
From Science Daily • Nov. 14, 2025
Blanchett even took her family to the Arctic Circle over New Year’s and they all leapt into a fjord.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 12, 2025
“Just think about being in a cool place. That always helps. Let’s pretend this is our new home in Norway. There’s a fjord outside and snow on the mountains.”
From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.