Thesaurus results for RAVINE

ravine

noun

rə-ˈvēn

as in canyon

a narrow opening between hillsides or mountains that can be used for passage he urged his horse down into the ravine where there was a thin stream of water flowing

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Recent Examples on the Web Many had crawled down and gotten stuck in a ravine right before a rainstorm. —

Elise Taylor, Vogue, 14 Aug. 2024 Over the next half day, Raley beat and stabbed the two girls dozens of times before dumping them down a steep ravine off Silver Creek Road in San Jose. —

Robert Salonga, The Mercury News, 10 Aug. 2024 Butte County authorities arrested a 42-year-old Chico man suspected of pushing a burning vehicle into a ravine. —

Calmatters, Orange County Register, 1 Aug. 2024 In February 2022, another 20 people died and 33 were injured after a bus derailed and fell into a 330 foot ravine in the Pataz province, in northern Peru. —

Abel Alvarado, CNN, 16 July 2024 See all Example Sentences for ravine

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