How to Use chasm in a Sentence
chasm
noun-
Given the chasm between views on either side, what is the best path forward?
— Chelsea Sheasley, The Christian Science Monitor, 4 June 2021 -
Nyos is a crater lake, a chasm blasted out of the land by volcanic activity around 400 years ago.
— Robin Andrews, Forbes, 31 May 2021 -
The crescent moon faintly illuminated the canyon’s highest peaks and spires, but most of the chasm was an inky black.
— Lane Sainty, USA TODAY, 24 Nov. 2024 -
Secured by lanyards and carabiners, guests climb a rockface ridge and traverse a chasm via steel-cable tightrope.
— Margot Dougherty, WSJ, 21 May 2021 -
What chasm separates me and those who saw these images when the terrors seemed real and insurmountable?
— Emmanuel Iduma, ARTnews.com, 18 Oct. 2024 -
The Black-white racial wealth gap in particular is a yawning chasm, and generational wealth has a lot to do with it.
— Whizy Kim, refinery29.com, 21 May 2021 -
With countries on opposite ends of a massive chasm, tensions ran high as delegations tried to close the gap in expectations.
— Melinda Walling, The Christian Science Monitor, 24 Nov. 2024 -
The giant alien mothership looming in the sky has extracted the Spire/Zero point from the center of the map which is now a yawning chasm.
— Paul Tassi, Forbes, 8 June 2021 -
But now, with Apple’s M1 chip powering both new Macs and new iPads, the hardware chasm between the two is closing.
— Lauren Goode, Wired, 4 June 2021 -
The chasm between Whos and Thems was once wide and clear-cut, but the proliferation of Internet platforms has led to confusion.
— Rachel Syme, The New Yorker, 31 May 2021 -
The chasm between the blind side in college and the NFL is wide.
— The Indianapolis Star, 23 Nov. 2022 -
Nowhere is the chasm clearer than in the metaphors each side chooses.
— Harriet Ryan, Los Angeles Times, 18 Dec. 2023 -
But the chasm between the McCaskeys and the city has grown deeper.
— Paul Sullivan, chicagotribune.com, 27 June 2021 -
But the chasm between the U.S. and Iran precedes the rule of the ayatollahs.
— Robin Wright, The New Yorker, 6 Feb. 2024 -
Her unsteady words echoed through the hearing room, 35 miles and a chasm away from the Shakopee prison.
— Photographs Todd Heisler, New York Times, 15 Oct. 2023 -
Still more vast than the terrain is the chasm between the brothers.
— Bethanne Patrick, Los Angeles Times, 3 Mar. 2022 -
That’s the No. 1 chasm among the states and well above 108% nationally.
— Jonathan Lansner, Orange County Register, 13 June 2024 -
But the run was enough that the chasm of talent between the teams could carry Las Vegas the rest of the way.
— Wilson Moore, The Indianapolis Star, 30 July 2022 -
The high-walled chasm gains over 2,000 feet in elevation on the way to Flagstaff.
— Roger Naylor, The Arizona Republic, 18 Oct. 2024 -
But the meeting, in March, found them on opposing sides of a chasm.
— New York Times, 21 May 2022 -
The chasm between the haves and have-nots is about to become more profound than any time in the history of the sport.
— Bryce Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Dec. 2023 -
But over the last year, a chasm has grown between the two leaders over how to move forward.
— Los Angeles Times, 6 Jan. 2022 -
There is a chasm between the great and the merely good, and the perception is that nobody is able to jump it.
— Rory Smith, New York Times, 15 Mar. 2024 -
If not, the chasm with the U.S. and its financial hub will continue to grow.
— Prarthana Prakash, Fortune Europe, 12 Apr. 2024 -
Its meteoric rise on the world stage has closed the chasm between the West and the rest of the world, according to Milanović.
— Rachel Shin, Fortune, 16 June 2023 -
Each death is a daub of paint on a vast canvas, but for the bereaved, each opens up a gaping chasm of grief.
— Laura King, Los Angeles Times, 17 Oct. 2023 -
The chasm is so wide at this point that so many narratives and talking points are lost in the middle.
— Trey Williams, Fortune, 26 Sep. 2022 -
In fact, there’s now a $100 million chasm between the Patriots and Bills.
— Ben Volin, BostonGlobe.com, 19 July 2023 -
But while Luhnow had Crane’s trust, Click never did, and the chasm only grew during the three years.
— Bob Nightengale, USA TODAY, 11 Nov. 2022 -
The white corpus callosum came into view at the floor of the chasm, like a white beach between two cliffs.
— Will Self, Harper’s Magazine , 28 Sep. 2022
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