How to Use climber in a Sentence

climber

noun
  • Chimpanzees are excellent climbers and spend a lot of their lives in trees.
  • Cats are skilled climbers and rarely fall.
    — Lucy Notarantonio, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 Sep. 2025
  • A lot of climbers got lost last year.
    — Maya Silver, Outside, 29 Sep. 2025
  • Monks tie a thin cord around climbers' necks.
    — Cecilia Vega, CBS News, 22 Dec. 2025
  • But rock climbers are very rare calls out at the lake.
    — Kelli Arseneau, jsonline.com, 8 Oct. 2025
  • The drones lit up the rocks and kept an eye on the climbers.
    — Sarah Horbacewicz, CBS News, 27 Apr. 2026
  • Sherpas cross far more than any climber.
    — Cecilia Vega, CBS News, 22 Dec. 2025
  • And climbers go to new extremes to stand out.
    — Cecilia Vega, CBS News, 22 Dec. 2025
  • Appeal to builders, not climbers.
    — Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2025
  • The park service said now is the busiest time for climbers.
    — Eduardo Cuevas, USA Today, 6 June 2026
  • Read on for our list of the 9 best stair climbers to shop this year.
    — Talene Appleton, Men's Health, 3 Sep. 2023
  • Outdoors, the lead climber is the guy in the front of the train.
    — Jacqueline Detwiler-George, Popular Mechanics, 16 Mar. 2021
  • Are rattlesnakes good climbers?
    — Sarah Linn may 1, Sacbee.com, 1 May 2026
  • Some of the best climbers in the world wear jeans to avoid this issue.
    — Mary Beth Skylis, Travel + Leisure, 7 Aug. 2025
  • Like many bold climbers of his era, Chouinard was no stranger to scares.
    — Maya Silver, Outside, 20 Oct. 2025
  • And there was a climber with a kind face who was good at chopping wood.
    — Jasmine Donahaye, New York Times, 15 May 2020
  • There's no getting around it—many of the best stair climbers are huge.
    — Talene Appleton, Men's Health, 3 Sep. 2023
  • Many other climbers saw Miller fall.
    — Michelle Del Rey, USA Today, 3 Oct. 2025
  • This climber grows throughout the South.
    — Zoe Gowen, Southern Living, 8 Mar. 2026
  • Satchel is thirty-one, with a lanky climber’s build and a sleepy smile.
    — Anna Russell, The New Yorker, 13 Jan. 2022
  • Then again, Sasha is no normal climber.
    — Outside Online, 25 Feb. 2026
  • Alex Honnold says, climbers are the worst.
    — Outside Online, 4 Mar. 2026
  • People want to go climb with the cholitas climbers.
    — Maya Silver, Outside Online, 30 July 2025
  • This serves as a great backup for climbers and those who rappel.
    — Craig Caudill, Field & Stream, 12 July 2023
  • The first climber to reach Hunter was Army Maj.
    — Virginia Chamlee, PEOPLE, 14 Jan. 2026
  • The four climbers were part of a seven-person team.
    — Becky Bohrer, Chicago Tribune, 29 May 2026
  • As a haven for rock climbers, there are hundreds of routes from both ends of the parks.
    — Rachel Chang, Travel + Leisure, 2 June 2026
  • As a haven for rock climbers, there are hundreds of routes from both ends of the parks.
    — Rachel Chang, Travel + Leisure, 10 June 2024
  • Keep your posture on point to make the most of the mountain climber.
    — Men's Health, 13 Jan. 2023
  • Many climbers fell ill, but the brunt was born mostly by locals.
    — Jon Griffith, National Geographic, 13 Mar. 2020

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