Editorial »

How to use the word canyons in a Sentence?

Sample usage from literary quotes and the newswire.

Filter by category:

11 results found

We are not calling it Santa Ana winds, but they will have characteristics of them as they pass through canyons and the sloped terrain.

Brandt Maxwell

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Lake Detroit's the same topography : three canyons coming down like a funnel into the city of Paradise at the bottom of the funnel, when I heard that two years ago I said, that's Lake Detroit.

Detroit Mayor Jim Trett

Found on CNN
3 years ago

Temperatures can be vastly different on ridges and mountains than down in canyons and valleys.

Haley Brink

Found on CNN
3 years ago

The story is, this is steep terrain, you would have a difficult time walking on some of these slopes or getting people into these canyons. There are a lot of places where we simply cannot put people because it's not safe.

Adrienne Freeman

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

There are some who say that Time is itself a hammer; that each slow second marks another tap that makes big rocks into little rocks, waterfalls into canyons, cliffs into beaches. There are some who say that Time is instead a blade. They see the dance of its razored tip, poised like a venomous snake, forever ready to slay faster than the eye can see. And there are some who say that Time is both hammer and blade. They say the hammer is a sculptor's mallet, and the blade is a sculptor's chisel: that each stroke is a refinement, a perfecting, a discovery of truth and beauty within what would otherwise be blank and lifeless stone. And I name this saying wisdom.

Matthew Stover

added by regnumveritatis
6 years ago

This is real rough country out here, and the Black Hawks are helping us get water into areas we had difficulty getting to, there are deep canyons, drainages and gullies that are full of heavy fuels like prairie grasses and red cedar trees. They can hold the heat for a long time and let the fire jump from one place to another.

Shawna Hartman

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

There are deep canyons, drainages and gullies that are full of heavy fuels like prairie grasses and red cedar trees. They can hold the heat for a long time and let the fire jump from one place to another.

Shawna Hartman

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

The area is hilly along with canyons ... so the mud was created by the runoff ... and the debris flowing downhill.

Joe Sirard

Found on CNN
8 years ago

Charon just blew our socks off, it's a small world with deep canyons, troughs, cliffs ... dark regions that are still slightly mysterious to us.

New Horizons co-investigator Cathy Olkin

Found on CNN
8 years ago

It's a small world with deep canyons, troughs, cliffs ... dark regions that are still slightly mysterious to us.

New Horizons co-investigator Cathy Olkin

Found on CNN
8 years ago

They are seeking out canyons, seeking out more protected areas, we are seeing unusual things, all of them related to the climate.

Gloria Talavera

Found on FOX News
9 years ago

Discuss these sample sentences with the community:

0 Comments

    Are we missing a good definition for canyons? Don't keep it to yourself...

    Word of the Day

    Would you like us to send you a FREE new word definition delivered to your inbox daily?

    Please enter your email address:



    Free, no signup required:

    Add to Chrome

    Get instant definitions for any word that hits you anywhere on the web!

    Free, no signup required:

    Add to Firefox

    Get instant definitions for any word that hits you anywhere on the web!

    Browse Definitions.net

    Quiz

    Are you a words master?

    »
    be hungry; go without food
    A emanate
    B embellish
    C famish
    D transpire