How to Use canyon in a Sentence

canyon

noun
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  • The canyon height of the ceilings, anchored by heavy wood furnishings and stone floors.
    — Jennifer Leigh Parker, Forbes, 29 Oct. 2024
  • Always check the forecast and avoid canyon areas when storms threaten.
    — Julia Musto, Fox News, 25 June 2022
  • At its deepest point, the canyon measures a sheer 2,722 feet.
    — Tiney Ricciardi, The Denver Post, 21 Oct. 2024
  • But near the dam, 3 miles away, the canyon walls that encase a deeper water column were cold and bass-free.
    — Brandon Loomis, The Arizona Republic, 19 July 2022
  • One option is widening the roadway for dedicated bus lanes and expanding bus services up and down the canyon.
    — Jacob Scholl, The Salt Lake Tribune, 12 July 2022
  • His lonely daily routine is only interrupted by the annoying cars of tourists looking for a nearby canyon.
    — Leo Barraclough, Variety, 25 June 2022
  • Floor-to-ceiling windows in nearly every room offer breathtaking views of the surrounding canyon, and high ceilings give the home a bright, airy feeling.
    — Kristi Kellogg, Architectural Digest, 21 Oct. 2024
  • Unlike the layout of The Oaks, where three of the first four holes play downwind, El Monte’s opening hole goes toward the canyon.
    — The Salt Lake Tribune, 7 July 2022
  • Included in those calls was a report of a camping trailer that had been washed away in the upper-to-middle section of the canyon with an adult woman and a female child inside.
    — From Usa Today Network and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 18 July 2022
  • Lake Mead's declining levels have been clearly visible in the canyon walls that surround the reservoir near Hoover Dam.
    — Shaun McKinnon, The Arizona Republic, 21 July 2022
  • There have also been several reports of rescues, including sickened people being lifted out of the canyon by helicopter.
    — Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 28 June 2022
  • In 1941, heavy mountain snows created a major flood that roared down the canyon and continued the length of the middle Rio Grande.
    — Jim Robbins, Wired, 25 June 2022
  • It is believed to be composed mostly of water ice mixed with rock, like most of Uranus' moons, and has a patchwork surface of different types of terrain, including huge canyons, ridges and cliff faces.
    — Nina Turner, Newsweek, 31 Oct. 2024
  • In fact, the Salmon River holds the second deepest river canyon, surpassing the Grand Canyon in vertical relief.
    — Lauren Mowery, Forbes, 5 July 2022
  • San Andreas Fault, for example, is marked by a fault line of sorts—a long-running stretch of fairway bunkers down the left side that culminates in a greenside bunker that is better described as a canyon.
    — Shaun Tolson, Robb Report, 2 July 2022
  • That means, of course, that the second half is down the side of a canyon.
    — Nancy Clanton, ajc, 3 July 2023
  • That was when the 91 Freeway had two lanes through the canyon.
    — Jeanette Marantosstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 8 Nov. 2022
  • The sky was orange as the 10+ ft flames advanced through the canyon.
    — Ian Livingston, Washington Post, 16 Nov. 2023
  • The name of the canyon was later changed to Grandstaff Canyon in 2017.
    — Kolbie Peterson, The Salt Lake Tribune, 13 Nov. 2022
  • Most of the canyon belonged to the JA Ranch up until 1890.
    — Priscilla Aguirre, Chron, 17 Dec. 2022
  • To get there, the group drove for hours and hiked through a golden-brown canyon.
    — Vivian Nereim, BostonGlobe.com, 24 June 2023
  • And the state is slashed by canyons — even a famous one or two.
    — Roger Naylor, The Arizona Republic, 16 May 2024
  • Don’t forget to stop at Oak Creek Vista at the head of the canyon among the ponderosa pines.
    — Roger Naylor, The Arizona Republic, 18 Oct. 2024
  • From there, my partner and I walked to the weedy banks of the Zimbabwean canyon.
    — Caitlin Morton, Condé Nast Traveler, 24 Oct. 2023
  • Blue whales love to gather at the edges of the Monterey Bay canyon to feast on krill and sing.
    — Annalee Newitz, Rolling Stone, 28 June 2023
  • The body of the other woman was found in a canyon, state police said.
    — Stephen Sorace, Fox News, 24 July 2023
  • When officials arrived on the scene, the car was found about 200 yards down the canyon wall.
    — Kerry Breen, CBS News, 14 Dec. 2023
  • Worse, the canyon marked the start of rocky, hilly terrain that extended for miles.
    — Larry Rohter, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Apr. 2023
  • The end of The Fall Guy features a car jump across a gigantic canyon.
    — Eliana Dockterman, TIME, 3 May 2024
  • On those twisty canyon roads, the Air's steering was a delight.
    — Evan Williams, Ars Technica, 18 July 2024

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