How to Use explorer in a Sentence

explorer

noun
  • French explorer Jacques Cousteau called it one of the top 10 dive sites in the world.
    Patricia Doherty, Travel + Leisure, 25 Sep. 2023
  • It’s been proudly held by explorers in the seas to the stars since 1918.
    Abigail Geiger, Rolling Stone, 26 June 2023
  • And the rockets that are here were built by space explorers who came to Huntsville from all over the world.
    Paul Gattis | Pgattis@al.com, al, 3 Aug. 2023
  • The space agency plans to land some of these explorers on the moon later this decade.
    Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Mar. 2024
  • Other explorers then took the stage to help the voyager to exhume the Olympic rings.
    Lindsay Kimble, Peoplemag, 11 Aug. 2024
  • In the comics, Namor is the mutant son of a human explorer and an Atlantean princess.
    Nili Blanck, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 Nov. 2022
  • Ochoa logged nearly 1,000 hours in space, a feat achieved by few space explorers.
    Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 May 2024
  • But to a diver, or any explorer, the end of the road is where the real adventure begins.
    Scott McMurren, Anchorage Daily News, 6 May 2023
  • One, in fact, was a Finnish explorer who lived with a female pirate.
    Jeanne Muchnick, USA TODAY, 6 Sep. 2024
  • And yet this romantic idea of what an explorer is has stuck around.
    Chris Klimek, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Aug. 2023
  • This Cadillac logo was derived from the coat of arms of a French explorer of the same name who founded the city of Detroit.
    Leshon Lee For The Wall Street Journal, WSJ, 7 May 2022
  • English explorers who scoped out the land in the 1580s thought the Native people called it Wingandacon.
    John Kelly, Washington Post, 16 Sep. 2023
  • The sailors and explorers of those times were plumbing the depths of a harsh and largely unknown country, using the best knowledge and equipment of the day.
    Stephen C. George, Discover Magazine, 27 Sep. 2023
  • In the 1500s, Spanish explorers landed on the island and conducted trade with the tribe.
    Tony Briscoe, Los Angeles Times, 4 Sep. 2024
  • And finally, meet the American explorer who in 2019 became the first person to dive to the deepest points of the Earth's five oceans.
    Maureen O'Hare, CNN, 4 June 2022
  • The exact whereabouts of the famous explorer’s ship was long unknown; it had been trapped and crushed by thick Antarctic sea ice in 1915.
    Kevin Simauchi, oregonlive, 14 Aug. 2022
  • Today, as in eras past, a lot of wealthy men fancy themselves explorers.
    Chris Klimek, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Aug. 2023
  • Otherwise, the case is a prime example of assumption of risk on the part of the explorers, Daynard said.
    Michael Casey, ajc, 23 June 2023
  • Regardless of the bottom, the visible portion of the 22XP certainly looks the part of the explorer.
    Kevin Koenig, Robb Report, 1 July 2022
  • Hannan is a top ten in-country explorer by area in Peru.
    Kansas City Star, 22 May 2024
  • The word pineapple comes from European explorers who thought the fruit combined the look of a pinecone with flesh similar to an apple.
    Deb Wiley, Better Homes & Gardens, 19 Feb. 2024
  • This is a very sad time for the entire explorer community, and for each of the family members of those lost at sea.
    Town & Country, 22 June 2023
  • The game follows three explorers from a starving home planet who land on planet PNF-404 in hopes of finding food.
    Sarah Toscano, Parents, 30 July 2023
  • The atmospheres of the gas and ice giants, and the surfaces of their exotic moons, will remain the domain of robotic explorers for some time.
    Popular Mechanics, 29 May 2023
  • Tankoa Yachts is promising big things with its newest explorer.
    Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 21 June 2022
  • In the game, your child will lead plant-like creatures called Pikmin, who will help the explorers combat enemies, explore the planet, and find food.
    Sarah Toscano, Parents, 30 July 2023
  • That's back when famed plant explorers made of pig iron and buckshot were scouring the globe for new plants to diversify our gardens.
    Paul Cappiello, The Courier-Journal, 5 Apr. 2024
  • The 2022 Disney film tells the story of a family of explorers and features a gay character.
    Tina Burnside, CNN, 17 May 2023
  • The likeness of Raleigh, one of the most famous explorers in Elizabethan England, who was ultimately put to death by the Queen’s successor, is by an anonymous artist.
    Tessa Solomon, ARTnews.com, 15 Oct. 2024
  • Also rare sightings for cave explorers are sophisticated Maya paintings on cave walls close to the entrances of cenotes.
    Martin Broen, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 Oct. 2024

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