sinkhole

Example Sentences

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Bundy and the mayor led a driving tour of the shattered coastline, stopping at one property where the destruction of a home revealed a sea wall below with a pre-existing sinkhole.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 6, 2026

Initially thought to be caused by a sinkhole, engineers later said the embankment in Whitchurch had collapsed, causing water to flood out.

From BBC • Dec. 23, 2025

Rev Fillery said the 300-year-old tomb had caved "quite suddenly" into a "large sinkhole".

From BBC • Nov. 9, 2025

The sinkhole grew to 900 feet wide and 260 feet deep before stabilizing but began expanding again in 2023.

From Slate • Oct. 17, 2025

Behind her, in the woods above the cave, she heard voices and the sound of people crashing through the brush outside the sinkhole.

From "A Wish in the Dark" by Christina Soontornvat