How to Use stalactite in a Sentence

stalactite

noun

• The walls and ground are made of salt, and the ceiling has faux stalactites and twinkly lights.
  — Katy Schneider, The Cut, 6 Aug. 2017
• From the sandy Leapin’ Lagoon and its water jets to the stalactites and stalagmites of the Yakulla Caverns splash pad, there's no end to the fun.
  — azcentral, 14 June 2018
• As more of the polymer is brushed on, the tube builds up and out, like the structure of an icicle or a stalactite, adding millimeters to even the shortest of hairs.
  — elle.com, 20 Apr. 2023
• The first floor features a cave, giant bird nests and swinging stalactites.
  — Charles Infosino, Cincinnati.com, 7 Jan. 2020
• Maixner looked wrung out, wind-scorched, with a fat icicle dangling off his chin like a stalactite.
  — Michelle Theriault Boots, Anchorage Daily News, 15 Mar. 2023
• At the time, guides tapped the cave’s stalactites to demonstrate how different sizes would give off different tones.
  — Julia Griffin, Scientific American, 9 June 2017
• The Great Blue Hole contains stalactites and stalagmites below the surface, some 40 feet in length.
  — David Grossman, Popular Mechanics, 19 Feb. 2019
• The visual released on Wednesday features the star in a gold sequined top surrounded by stalactites hanging from the roof of a cave.
  — Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 8 Sep. 2022
• By the time firefighters contained the blaze, the roof had collapsed, the grand oak staircase was reduced to kindling, and fat icicles hung like stalactites from the windows.
  — Inga Saffron, Philly.com, 12 July 2018
• The water inside the cave flows in strong currents and is cold and full of obstacles such as stalactites as well as sharp turns and changes in elevation.
  — NBC News, 7 July 2018
• The gem of the center is Perry's Cave, 52 feet below ground, where visitors can view stalactites, stalagmites and cave pearls on the walls, ceiling and floor.
  — cleveland.com, 29 May 2017
• Local residents stooped under the low ceiling and wound their way through stalactites, and some made the belly-crawl to the deeper reaches of the cave and the early paintings there.
  — Matt Hrodey, Discover Magazine, 10 Mar. 2023
• Most of the lead simply melted at 300°C, pouring into the gutters and dripping into stalactites that can still be seen hanging from the vaults.
  — Christa Lesté-Lasserre, Science | AAAS, 12 Mar. 2020
• There’s a live-edge bar, whole swirly wall planks, overhead boards, rectilinear stalactites dangling in a fringe along the windows.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 18 Sep. 2019
• At one point, the Abominable Snowmonster tries to murder Rudolph in front of his parents by smashing a giant stalactite on his head.
  — Caitlin Flanagan, The Atlantic, 24 Nov. 2020
• The walls and ceiling had a flowing quality, with patches of dark green and slicks of moisture; stalactites and projections emerged in a profusion of odd shapes.
  — Nick Romeo, The New Yorker, 15 Mar. 2023
• Huge stalactites hung from the tunnel roof; knocking one could have been catastrophic.
  — George Ramsay, CNN, 10 Mar. 2020
• Rainwater seeping through the rail beds created slimy-looking stalactites on the underside of the bridge.
  — Steven Litt, cleveland.com, 21 June 2017
• All our displays are fabricated from a special compound of floor bagels, rat hair, and tunnel-stalactite juice.
  — Jenny Kroik, The New Yorker, 30 Dec. 2022
• But while there has been a lot of research focused on how stalactites form, relatively little has been done on stalagmites.
  — Katherine Kornei, New York Times, 27 Nov. 2019
• Unable to see, divers felt their way forward through mud and stalactites, grasping around to find small entryways leading from one channel to another.
  — Time, 2 July 2018
• During the last ice age, the spring was actually a dry cave, as proved by stalactites and stalagmites discovered well below the current water line.
  — Dallas News, 24 Mar. 2020
• Forty to 70 feet below ground, stalactites and stalagmites meet to form columns, delicate soda straws dangle from the ceiling and flowstones cover the walls.
  — Chelsey Lewis, USA TODAY, 16 Mar. 2018
• For those enamored of our nature’s subterranean wonders, venture to the Drach Caves, where tumbling grottoes of limestone boast millions of crisp white stalactites.
  — Samantha Karlin, Washington Post, 18 Dec. 2019
• But today's hour-long tours show off geology through rooms full of formations and still-forming stalactites and stalagmites.
  — Shauna Steigerwald, Cincinnati.com, 8 May 2018
• Lauren Fensterstock uses shells, resin, and rubber to make stalactites and stalagmites, and paper to make a dense head-high bed of black Japanese chrysanthemums.
  — Thomas Hine, Philly.com, 5 July 2018
• Wadsworth Falls is a magical place, where the sheer volume of water over a 25-foot drop creates all sorts of formations, from stalactites to stalagmites to ice that resembles heads of broccoli and jellyfish.
  — Peter Marteka, courant.com, 7 Jan. 2018
• The guides are well-versed in the wonders of Gardner Cave and will help visitors recognize the many formations found within it — including the towering stalactites and stalagmites.
  — Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 11 Apr. 2023
• Seaweed and algae cling to the underside, while fish seek shelter behind the stalactite-like underwater mountains.
  — Lindsey J. Smith, Smithsonian, 7 Oct. 2019
• When a stalactite begins its formation, it’s filled with water until the water moves to the outside, depositing minerals that build the formations.
  — Patrick Connolly, orlandosentinel.com, 20 June 2021

Last Updated: 27 Jun 2024