glacial
Example Sentences
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In the 20th century, several catastrophic glacial lake outbursts took place, including a 1941 incident in Peru that killed at least 1,800 people.
Somehow, creaky tiled houses have been wedged here between enormous outcroppings of glacial boulders.
Caswill sets the mood with a shot of a snow-capped mountain range, fitting for a movie that proceeds at a glacial pace.
From Los Angeles Times
The film is so committed to its rigors — the two-person cast, the glacial camera pivots, the moody lighting — that it teeters on the line of becoming monotonous.
From Los Angeles Times
Their goal was to collect glacial meltwater at its source.
From Science Daily
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