How to Use glacier in a Sentence

glacier

noun
  • Ice quakes take place in glaciers or in lake ice.
    — Marina Johnson, Louisville Courier Journal, 27 Jan. 2026
  • Ice quakes take place in glaciers or in lake ice.
    — Jalen Williams, Freep.com, 23 Jan. 2026
  • Pizol is far from the first glacier death.
    — Laura Paddison, CNN Money, 15 Dec. 2025
  • Hike to some of the world’s oldest trees—and a glacier.
    — Taryn Shorr-McKee, Travel + Leisure, 21 June 2026
  • Last year, his boat got stuck in ice that broke off the nearby glacier.
    — ABC News, 3 Mar. 2026
  • Ice shelves are tongues of ice that jut out into the ocean at the end of glaciers.
    — Rachel Ramirez, CNN, 23 Oct. 2023
  • This boulder was dragged here by a glacier thousands of years ago.
    — Ben Huff, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Apr. 2023
  • For much of the year, its glaciers are blanketed in fresh snow.
    — Evan Bush, NBC News, 22 June 2023
  • One side of the butt will have a fat cap on it that covers the meat like a glacier.
    — Chuck Blount, San Antonio Express-News, 6 Dec. 2021
  • Sea ice shed from the glacier chokes the fjord for tens of kilometers.
    — Paul Voosen, Science Magazine, 10 Oct. 2019
  • The best place to find old water, of course, is inside a glacier.
    — Sandra Upson, WIRED, 25 July 2024
  • The sandy soil that covers the park grounds is a remnant of the glaciers.
    — Sofia Joseph, jsonline.com, 30 July 2025
  • The sound had been a chunk of ice sloughing off the side of the ancient glacier.
    — Bailey Berg, Condé Nast Traveler, 27 Oct. 2021
  • But overall, the world’s glaciers are on a long-term trend of decline.
    — Evan Bush, NBC news, 14 Aug. 2025
  • Forests, peatlands, glaciers and coastline can be found across the land.
    — Ashley J. Dimella, FOXNews.com, 17 Jan. 2026
  • What is the process where pieces of ice break away from a glacier and create an iceberg?
    — CNN, 26 Jan. 2023
  • The 5-mile-long lake is 328 feet deep and was carved out by glaciers.
    — USA Today, 11 June 2025
  • For some, Base Camp is like summer camp on a glacier.
    — Madison Dapcevich, Outside, 20 Dec. 2025
  • Melting glaciers and ice caps also will add to sea levels.
    — Bill Kearney, Sun Sentinel, 23 May 2026
  • The retreat of the glacier would provide a time series for them.
    — Jonathan Moens, Wired, 27 Nov. 2021
  • On the east end of the Beagle, the glaciers took the spotlight.
    — Stefanie Waldek, AFAR Media, 12 Sep. 2025
  • Love the idea of riding over a glacier, but don't love the idea of doing it in the cold?
    — Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 24 Jan. 2022
  • During that brief boost, the glacier pushed forward 4 miles in less than a year.
    — Mike Wehner, BGR, 13 Apr. 2021
  • Don’t expect to see a glacier calve, whales feeding, or for your trip to match the brochure.
    — Aislyn Greene, AFAR Media, 8 Jan. 2025
  • The glacier used to stretch six square miles, Sigurdsson said.
    — NBC News, 19 Aug. 2019
  • The same thing happens to the land when the weight of a glacier disappears.
    — Matt Simon, Wired, 24 Feb. 2022
  • Just a glacier of pain, and the funeral, and going on.
    — Jim Moore, Outdoor Life, 8 Oct. 2025
  • The glaciers began flowing seaward up to eight times faster.
    — Evan Howell, Quanta Magazine, 20 Oct. 2025
  • The glaciers are melting and old alliances are falling apart.
    — Brian Moylan, Vulture, 13 Feb. 2026
  • The largest losses were glaciers in Alaska.
    — Doyle Rice, USA Today, 13 Aug. 2025

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