crust

Example Sentences

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It shows the Orientale basin, a huge crater on the far side of the Moon, which has a thicker crust and many more impact craters.

From BBC • Apr. 5, 2026

As one dinner began, my family unhappily discovered I’d poked a hole in the crust of a loaf of bread and hollowed out its soft insides for my own enjoyment.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026

The "Jerk" method identifies extremely small ground motions that occur when magma intrudes into the crust.

From Science Daily • Mar. 15, 2026

Each step over refrozen snow snaps like thin sugar crust.

From Salon • Mar. 8, 2026

The snow was beginning to get a crust on it; on clear downslopes we went like a dog-team, at a run.

From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin