A crevasse in a glacier can be over a thousand feet deep. From LearnThat.org.
The crevasse was a great slit, deep into the standing cliff. From Wordnik.com. [The Gates of Thorbardin]
The break in the levee, known as a crevasse, would flush out oil and slowly help build land. From Wordnik.com. [WRAL.com Top Stories] Reference
"At the bottom of the crevasse was the prow of a ship, curving up to a fearsome face, its timbers blackened and old. From Wordnik.com. [Crusader Gold]
For millions, the worry gap is a pretty deep crevasse. From Wordnik.com. [John F. Wasik: You Can Still Retire, Really!] Reference
The Mountaineers lunching in a crevasse Asahel Curtis 121. From Wordnik.com. [The Mountain that was 'God' Being a Little Book About the Great Peak Which the Indians Named 'Tacoma' but Which is Officially Called 'Rainier'] Reference
December the last pony fell down a crevasse and was killed. From Wordnik.com. [A Book of Discovery The History of the World's Exploration, From the Earliest Times to the Finding of the South Pole] Reference
There are places to hide in a crevasse that drops 2,500 feet. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Dec 20, 2006] Reference
You see this vast amount of water pouring into yonder crevasse?. From Wordnik.com. [On a Torn-Away World Or, the Captives of the Great Earthquake] Reference
We can't go inside, because it's in a very small crevasse area. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jan 14, 2010] Reference
Perilous position on edge of a great crevasse Charles Bedford 84. From Wordnik.com. [The Mountain that was 'God' Being a Little Book About the Great Peak Which the Indians Named 'Tacoma' but Which is Officially Called 'Rainier'] Reference
A wide crevasse yawned before me, preventing any forward movement. From Wordnik.com. [She and I, Volume 2 A Love Story. A Life History.] Reference
It's easy to walk off of the edge of something, walk into a crevasse. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Dec 18, 2006] Reference
In 2002, nine climbers fell into a crevasse while climbing Mount Hood. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Dec 18, 2006] Reference
I would like to report the fact that a stray dog is stuck in my crevasse. From Wordnik.com. [An Apostate: Nawin of Thais] Reference
"A board laid over the crevasse will be an easy way of recovering the venison.". From Wordnik.com. [Harper's Young People, December 2, 1879 An Illustrated Weekly] Reference
COHEN: And then the Restylane fills in the actual wrinkle, the actual crevasse. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Nov 9, 2003] Reference
George -- Lord Eildon -- has fallen down a crevasse in the Alps and been killed. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 17, No. 097, January, 1876] Reference
The crevasse narrowed, and the distant peaks of the Matterhorn approached nearer. From Wordnik.com. [She and I, Volume 2 A Love Story. A Life History.] Reference
The next day, a rider practicing nearby was killed after plunging into a crevasse. From Wordnik.com. [Outer Limits] Reference
There was neither opening, crevasse, nor sunken wall; in fact, no sign of a crater. From Wordnik.com. [The Story of Ida Pfeiffer and Her Travels in Many Lands] Reference
Just as the sun had crossed the narrow arc above the crevasse there came a thunderous roar. From Wordnik.com. [On a Torn-Away World Or, the Captives of the Great Earthquake] Reference
The crew was trying to save nine climbers who had fallen into a crevasse, three of whom died. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Dec 13, 2006] Reference
An enormous crevasse of great depth lay at her feet, blue at its edges and dark in its depths. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
As we get closer to the huge levee crevasse, all that's left of the houses are piles of lumber. From Wordnik.com. [Dr. John: 'We're Gonna Be Back' in New Orleans] Reference
The crew was trying to rescue nine climbers who had fallen into a crevasse, three of whom died. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Dec 13, 2006] Reference
Down the opposite wall of the crevasse tumbled a sheet of water which fairly hid the ice itself. From Wordnik.com. [On a Torn-Away World Or, the Captives of the Great Earthquake] Reference
And this, even though the tongue widened above them, threw him perilously close to the crevasse. From Wordnik.com. [The Rim of the Desert] Reference
For a moment father and son stood silent on the brink of the crevasse, looking after the chamois. From Wordnik.com. [Harper's Young People, December 2, 1879 An Illustrated Weekly] Reference
In case of a crevasse in this vicinity, the water escaping would find its outlet through the same channels. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of the Union's Three Great Civil War Generals] Reference
But whether it had fallen from their side of the crevasse or from the other, they could not at the moment tell. From Wordnik.com. [On a Torn-Away World Or, the Captives of the Great Earthquake] Reference
The roar of the falling water into the crevasse from which they had so fortunately escaped soon became deafening. From Wordnik.com. [On a Torn-Away World Or, the Captives of the Great Earthquake] Reference
You haven't told all the strata that were turned skyward for a moment when that crevasse opened between us and the town. From Wordnik.com. [The Master-Knot of Human Fate] Reference
A great part of the wall of the crevasse -- the wall which they had hoped to climb, had broken off and fallen into the gulf. From Wordnik.com. [On a Torn-Away World Or, the Captives of the Great Earthquake] Reference
In the dingy little back parlor of the old antiquary, grim poverty looking in through every crevasse, sits the artless and pure-minded. From Wordnik.com. [An Outcast or, Virtue and Faith] Reference
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