How to Use spelunker in a Sentence

spelunker

noun
  • Sadly for would-be spelunkers, the hole in the road will be given a permanent seal.
    — Craig Hlavaty, Houston Chronicle, 28 Feb. 2018
  • Come up with a name for a travel package for fellow solitude-seeking spelunkers.
    — The Week Staff, The Week, 21 Apr. 2023
  • They were joined by scores of spelunkers who flocked to Mae Sai within days of the news that the soccer team was trapped by floods.
    — Phred Dvorak, WSJ, 10 July 2018
  • Sadly for would-be spelunkers the hole in the road has been closed off while construction crews work to create a permanent seal.
    — Craig Hlavaty, Houston Chronicle, 9 Feb. 2018
  • This created the network of fissures the spelunkers discovered.
    — Louis Cheslaw, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Dec. 2017
  • The supervisor said several dozen rescue workers in all were sent to the cave, which is popular with spelunkers.
    — Rita Giordano, Philly.com, 17 Feb. 2018
  • In the ’90s, an obscure Casio spelunker sent his tape to a local zine and never heard back.
    — Sam Goldner, Pitchfork, 2 Apr. 2026
  • Tajon's hardly the first security spelunker to fool a biometric lock.
    — Aaron Pressman, Fortune, 6 Sep. 2017
  • Aki Jakupovic, the owner of an auto detailing shop, said his shop’s surveillance cameras recorded that group of sewer spelunkers.
    — ABC News, 2 June 2026
  • Some professional spelunkers had expressed incredulity at the notion that the experience had been easy.
    — D. T. Max, The New Yorker, 21 Jan. 2024
  • The Motril spelunkers drop a luminescent bottle through a hole in the cave roof with a handwritten message explaining the problem.
    — D. T. Max, The New Yorker, 21 Jan. 2024
  • In 1968 a group of amateur spelunkers realized that falling rocks many centuries before had sealed an opening of a cave.
    — Chiara Goia, National Geographic, 14 Dec. 2019
  • Is information delivered in the moment of need, or buried in a PDF where not even the best spelunker can find it?
    — Rhett Power, Forbes.com, 14 Sep. 2025
  • With help from fellow spelunker Gerry Keene, Haley helped rescue the dog by putting it in a duffel bag with her head sticking out.
    — Mike Stunson The Charlotte Observer (tns), al, 14 Aug. 2022
  • An amnesiac spelunker joins a rescue team to explore underground caves where bloodthirsty creatures dwell.
    — Los Angeles Times, 4 Oct. 2019
  • The magnetic spelunker and YouTuber believes the gun may have been stolen or is possibly evidence from a crime.
    — Mike Sullivan, CBS News, 17 Mar. 2026
  • For that reason, Holbrook said spelunkers are encouraged to practice clean caving, disinfecting their boots, clothing and other gear after exiting a cave.
    — Dennis Pillion, AL.com, 29 June 2017
  • Teams can either tackle the courses physically, or design a simulated spelunker.
    — Matt Simon, WIRED, 15 May 2018
  • This historic national landmark offers day and overnight tours for spelunkers (both novice and experienced) to explore the cave’s 32 miles of stalagmites, stalactites, and other unique features.
    — National Geographic, 16 Aug. 2019
  • The Ozark region’s karst topography—a type of landscape shaped by the dissolution of limestone or other soluble rock—has produced a spelunker wonderland.
    — Leeaundra Keany, Discover Magazine, 30 Aug. 2010
  • Three days later, Vernon Unsworth, a British spelunker on site outside the cave, persuaded government officials that if the boys were to be saved, consummate cave divers would be needed.
    — Howard Schneider, WSJ, 5 Jan. 2022
  • Vernon Unsworth, a British insurance consultant and hobbyist spelunker, has made a obsession of the Tham Luang cave system.
    — Shibani Mahtani, Washington Post, 13 July 2018

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