tarn
Example Sentences
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An invasive alligator snapping turtle has been pulled from a Cumbrian tarn.
From BBC • Feb. 9, 2024
The tarn sits in a granite basin, ringed by grass and rocks.
From Washington Post • Feb. 14, 2017
A lake that is confined to a glacial cirque is known as a tarn such as Silver Lake near Brighton Ski resort located in Big Cottonwood Canyon or Avalanche Lake in Glacier National Park.
From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2017
Primum, constat nullum habuisse tarn pugnare: quod exsurrexerunt, quia non debuit.
From Slate • Feb. 11, 2013
“The tarn, is it ‘black and lurid’ enough?”
From "The Martian Chronicles" by Ray Bradbury
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
