ravine

Example Sentences

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“We left the wild running ravine in the back of the house and we built what I called the art deck,” she adds.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 7, 2026

Picture a long, slow climb up the mountain of fame and wealth heading for a sign marked “Happiness”—only to discover, at the pinnacle, that happiness is actually on another mountaintop, across a ravine.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 16, 2025

The bus rolled down the ravine and ended up on a riverbank.

From Barron's • Nov. 12, 2025

But scrambling pars, first from the ravine on the long par-three 16th, and then after a wild drive on 17, saw his round peter out.

From BBC • Jul. 19, 2025

I thought of Bunny’s dark room and of the ravine, miles away; of all those layers of silence on silence.

From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt