fjord

Example Sentences

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Bluie East Two sits at the end of a fjord, far from the nearest settlement.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 18, 2026

Here in Kapisillit in western Greenland, a cluster of coloured houses cling to the hillside in a frozen fjord.

From Barron's • Mar. 3, 2026

"If a rapid collapse were to occur, the material would fall directly into the fjord, and that could generate a tsunami with potentially high wave heights," she added.

From Science Daily • Dec. 21, 2025

Blanchett even took her family to the Arctic Circle over New Year’s and they all leapt into a fjord.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 12, 2025

There are no sandy beaches on the fjord.

From "Boy: Tales of a Childhood" by Roald Dahl