How to Use crag in a Sentence

crag

noun
  • Rows of grand palazzos lead to a church perched on a crag protruding from the town.
    — Silvia Marchetti, CNN, 8 Oct. 2022
  • These shoes keep me comfortable all day, even when rock hopping and scrambling to get to the crag.
    — Mary Beth Skylis, Travel + Leisure, 7 Aug. 2025
  • Waterfalls cascade down grassy slopes, where sheep are plentiful, and seabirds nest in crags.
    — Kim Tingley, New York Times, 16 Aug. 2023
  • Dan shone his flashlight in the crags of a rock wall, and the antennae of hundreds of spiny lobsters waved in its beam.
    — Betsy Andrews, Condé Nast Traveler, 10 Mar. 2026
  • Among their first outings together was a trip to a local Colorado crag.
    — Namir Khaliq, Big Think, 31 Mar. 2026
  • There was a collective gasp from the crowd, watching on a videoboard, as the crash happened near the top of the hill and behind a crag.
    — Los Angeles Times, 8 Feb. 2026
  • These painting-like objects are defined by crags, fractures and subtle color shifts.
    — Mark Jenkins, Washington Post, 24 Nov. 2023
  • The rocky crags and waterfalls along this steep stretch evoke the drama of the Rockies — but much closer to home.
    — Patricia Harris and David Lyon, BostonGlobe.com, 7 Sep. 2023
  • But Zaz isn’t the only one with his eyes on the Paramount mountaintop, or at least a crag or two.
    — Bethy Squires, Vulture, 20 Dec. 2023
  • These would all be five-star pitches at any other crag, and to be able to do them one right after the other sounded amazing.
    — Frederick Dreier, Outside, 7 Nov. 2025
  • Coastal cliffs and crags are punctuated by black-sand beaches, and rich rain forests hide a towering volcanic cone.
    — Carley Rojas Avila, Travel + Leisure, 8 Apr. 2026
  • Your next appointment isn’t until tomorrow, and there’s a crag and a pancake diner between it and you.
    — Corey Buhay, Outside Online, 19 July 2019
  • The park’s Big Badlands Overlook peers east, where the moon will climb above a sea of striated crag.
    — Stephanie Vermillion, Outside, 1 Oct. 2025
  • Prepare to be awestruck during your first view of Crater Lake, a massive cobalt waterway flanked by a dome of steep crag.
    — Stephanie Vermillion, Travel + Leisure, 17 May 2026
  • The climb is infamous for its heart-pumping switchbacks and vertiginous jaunt along a narrow sliver of crag.
    — Stephanie Vermillion, Travel + Leisure, 9 Nov. 2025
  • This is for every time your climber friend went out to the crag, was only planning to stay out until 4 pm, and ended up getting held up after dark.
    — Adrienne So, Wired News, 22 Oct. 2025
  • That's why there are so few of us clinging to the crags of Mount Everest or decamping to Antarctica.
    — Ari Daniel, NPR, 23 Apr. 2026
  • After a few days of riding, move north to Seneca Rocks, a 900-foot-tall crag that’s a hotbed of trad climbing.
    — The Editors, Outside Online, 8 Sep. 2020
  • Her travels are usually inspired by mountain bike trails, classic crags, and whatever is happening in the sky.
    — Maya Silver, Outside, 25 Feb. 2026
  • Book a room at Burg Colmberg, a 14th-century castle rising from a rocky crag above a tiny village.
    — Elizabeth Rhodes, Travel + Leisure, 2 Mar. 2021
  • Though it was later removed, there is evidence of fire and other activities in the same location and of two burial cairns on the top of the crag.
    — Hugh Raffles, The New York Review of Books, 9 Oct. 2020
  • Just a few seconds on the receiving end of a harangue from such a fellow, whether at a surf break or the crag or the skin track, is enough to ruin an otherwise lovely day.
    — Outside Online, 26 Mar. 2021
  • Like one icicle falling from an alpine crag onto an unstable snow cornice below, a small slide rapidly turns into a thundering avalanche.
    — Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 19 Oct. 2025
  • In the decades that followed, outdoor climbing was effectively reserved for those with ready access to crags and gear, who had ample time and energy to burn.
    — Kelli María Korducki, HubSpot, 17 Oct. 2025
  • The terrain is a mix of rocky crags, steep mountains, and Hudson River farmland, most of which is shrouded in tufts of hardwoods that turn it on each fall.
    — Graham Averill, Outside Online, 12 Sep. 2023
  • Even overconfidence is easily understandable at the crag or climbing wall.
    — Outside Online, 19 Nov. 2025
  • Here, hikers can experience the raging Potomac River and the rocky crags of Great Falls.
    — Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 26 May 2023
  • The first glow of sunlight revealed the titanic walls and turrets of the palace-fortress complex called the Alhambra looming above me on a spectacular crag.
    — Tony Perrottet, Smithsonian Magazine, 30 Aug. 2023
  • All these people took advantage of the sheep population, but a remnant of the herd remained among the rocky crags of the San Andres, where grass is sparse and water rare.
    — Tim Kelly, Outdoor Life, 4 Sep. 2025
  • Yes, the final leg of your journey may be a bit lengthy, depending on your airport of choice, but the ride is accented by soaring mountain crags, centuries-old castles, and cliffside vineyards.
    — Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 17 Dec. 2025

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