How to Use glacier in a Sentence

glacier

noun
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  • Icefin gave researchers their first views of the glacier's underside.
    — George Petras, USA Today, 16 Feb. 2023
  • Like Venezuela’s beloved La Corona, each of these glaciers has a story.
    — Andrea Vasquez Guillen, Washington Post, 1 July 2024
  • The meltwater fills the depression left behind by the glacier, forming what’s known as a glacial lake.
    — Rachel Ramirez, CNN, 7 Feb. 2023
  • Researchers were able to deploy cameras and sensors underneath the glacier.
    — Stephanie Ebbs, ABC News, 16 Feb. 2023
  • The oceans absorb 90 percent of the heat trapped by emissions, which is causing the ice sheets and glaciers to melt and the sea levels to rise.
    — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 8 Apr. 2024
  • But the volcanic system on the Reykjanes Peninsula is far from the glaciers of Iceland.
    — Annabelle Timsit, Washington Post, 17 Mar. 2024
  • Depending on your perspective, the angular design resembles a glacier, ski slope or ship heading out from the port.
    — David Nikel, Forbes, 12 Feb. 2023
  • The biggest revelation was that the ice melt is very uneven, with relatively slow loss in flat areas on the underside of the glacier.
    — Chris Mooney, BostonGlobe.com, 15 Feb. 2023
  • The largest glacier between the high peaks of Mount Rainier and Glacier Peak has melted away after a long battle with global warming.
    — John Ryan, oregonlive, 28 Jan. 2023
  • Simultaneously, glacial flooding began in the north, where more than seven thousand glaciers provide water for the country.
    — Hazlitt, 17 July 2024
  • The park, which is less than three hours by car from Seattle and sits near the U.S.-Canada border, is best known for its rugged terrain shaped by glaciers and waterways.
    — Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 19 July 2024
  • Since glaciers disappeared from North America, the loss of ice on top of the continent has been slowly causing the East Coast to sink.
    — Dan Rosenzweig-Ziff, Washington Post, 5 Apr. 2024
  • Ice shelves are tongues of ice that jut out into the ocean at the end of glaciers.
    — Rachel Ramirez, CNN, 23 Oct. 2023
  • For much of the year, its glaciers are blanketed in fresh snow.
    — Evan Bush, NBC News, 22 June 2023
  • This small glacier and lake can’t be seen from the Cascade Canyon trail at the bottom of the canyon.
    — Idaho Statesman, 31 Jan. 2024
  • The 14-week-old Alaskan husky is white as a cloud with eyes as blue as a glacier and a heart warm enough to melt one.
    — The Arizona Republic, 30 June 2023
  • The heat is causing the Alps’ breathtaking glaciers to melt at a record pace.
    — Byryan Hogg, Fortune Europe, 7 Nov. 2023
  • The wet whoosh of whale breath joined the thunder cracks of calving glaciers and the rumbles of avalanches.
    — Kate Wong, Scientific American, 13 Mar. 2023
  • The remains of a man who died in 2001 have been revealed by a melting glacier.
    — David Chiu, Peoplemag, 23 Aug. 2023
  • Swiss glaciers lost about 10% of their remaining mass in the past two years, the report says.
    — Evan Bush, NBC News, 16 Nov. 2023
  • Most of the path winds along a ridge above Grey Lake with intermittent views back to the glacier.
    — Cassidy Randall, Travel + Leisure, 5 Mar. 2023
  • This boulder was dragged here by a glacier thousands of years ago.
    — Ben Huff, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Apr. 2023
  • The ice shelves buttress glaciers within the West Antarctic Ice Sheet.
    — Evan Bush, NBC News, 23 Oct. 2023
  • That’s the point where glaciers go from being on land to floating on water.
    — Seth Borenstein, BostonGlobe.com, 8 May 2023
  • The dawn bear died as a young adult during the Oligocene epoch, as the Antarctic glacier was growing and the globe was cooling.
    — Matt Hrodey, Discover Magazine, 22 June 2023
  • The world’s ice sheets and glaciers are losing a whopping 1.2 trillion tons of ice each year.
    — E&e News, Scientific American, 20 Nov. 2023
  • Efforts to curb warming need to happen in order to save the glaciers.
    — Devika Rao, theweek, 6 Jan. 2024
  • As the reservoir has shrunk, this silt, exposed to the sun, has formed what can best be described as mud glaciers.
    — Wade Davis, Rolling Stone, 3 Sep. 2023
  • Kohler studies the melting glaciers of Svalbard, which is a group of islands near the North Pole.
    — David Schechter, CBS News, 8 Dec. 2023
  • The glacier lake of Lhonak overflowed as a result of rains in the region, and the burst dam led to the Teesta River overflowing.
    — Jenny Goldsberry, Washington Examiner, 7 Oct. 2023

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