How to Use stalagmite in a Sentence

stalagmite

noun
  • Inside, an obelisk-like stalagmite stood sentinel atop a mound decked with moss and neon-green ferns.
    — Patrick Scott, WSJ, 13 Nov. 2018
  • Or test your mettle crossing a wood-plank bridge to a lone rocky spire that rises like a steroidal stalagmite.
    — Jeff Opdyke, latimes.com, 23 June 2019
  • Oil stalagmites emerge from the seafloor, pulled upward by their buoyancy.
    — Jeffrey Marlow, New Yorker, 5 Apr. 2026
  • There are millennia worth of stalactites, stalagmites, and, yes, even a few sharks.
    — Meagan Drillinger, Travel + Leisure, 24 Aug. 2023
  • In one spot, white sweetener oozed from a pipe and formed a pile like a stalagmite on top of a tank used for blending, the employee said.
    — Heather Vogell, ProPublica, 4 Apr. 2025
  • Protected by the cave, the stalagmite's layers were better preserved than those from the bottom of a lake or ocean.
    — Breanna Draxler, Discover Magazine, 13 Nov. 2012
  • At one point, Pelley climbed atop a massive stalagmite tower more than 100 feet high.
    — Brit McCandless Farmer, CBS News, 29 Mar. 2026
  • Stalactites, stalagmites and formations that look like oozing slime — but are, in fact, solid rock.
    — Kyle Stokes, Axios, 21 July 2024
  • Cathedral, in Woodville, boasts an enormous, grand entrance and Goliath, one of the largest stalagmites in the world.
    — Birmingham Magazine, AL.com, 12 June 2017
  • Each successive drop adds a thin layer of minerals to a growing stalagmite below.
    — Katherine Kornei, New York Times, 27 Nov. 2019
  • The park is best known for its extensive limestone cave system with stalactites, stalagmites and flowstones.
    — Olivia Rose, AZCentral.com, 21 Aug. 2025
  • The park is best known for its extensive limestone cave system with stalactites, stalagmites and flowstones.
    — Tiffany Acosta, The Arizona Republic, 3 Oct. 2024
  • Advertisement The fuselage of the shattered aircraft stuck out of the ground like a stalagmite.
    — Terrence McCoy, Washington Post, 17 June 2023
  • The children seem to have scooped up clay-rich mud from the floor and smeared it on a stalagmite against the far wall, then drew curved, sinuous shapes in the wet clay with their fingers.
    — Kiona N. Smith, Ars Technica, 29 May 2019
  • The exteriors of the stores were adorned with white, icicle-like stalagmites of plaster, the walls inset with bits of shattered mirror.
    — John Kelly, Washington Post, 27 May 2023
  • Flanking either side were 27-foot-tall sword-wielding devil goats, with blue stalagmites surrounding the area.
    — Ashley Zlatopolsky, Detroit Free Press, 15 Oct. 2017
  • Its biggest draw remains its collection of onyx-marble stalagmites and stalactites that hang from the ceiling and rise from the ground inside the cave.
    — Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 15 Feb. 2025
  • Start with a visit to Mono Lake, a body of water with a chemistry so complex that chalky, stalagmite-like towers of tufa rise from its bed.
    — Shawnté Salabert, Outside Online, 22 Feb. 2021
  • Here, millions-year-old stalagmites hang from the ceiling and the signatures of famous visitors graffiti the walls.
    — Katie Lockhart, Robb Report, 31 Aug. 2023
  • Without the benefit of modern dental hygiene, the plaque built up over a lifetime, layer upon layer like a stalagmite.
    — Sarah Zhang, Discover Magazine, 8 May 2012
  • The drought can be seen in stalagmites in India, where the lower monsoon levels are represented by changes in oxygen isotopes.
    — Avery Thompson, Popular Mechanics, 18 July 2018
  • The truly adventurous can take the longer option, which involves exploring the stalagmites at closer range, with water up to the waist, in knee guards and head lamps.
    — Kaitlin Menza, Town & Country, 15 Nov. 2018
  • During the last ice age, the spring was actually a dry cave, as proved by stalactites and stalagmites discovered well below the current water line.
    — Dallas News, 24 Mar. 2020
  • The park has an extensive limestone caving system known as Lehman Caves, where stalactites and stalagmites twist and shimmer.
    — Bailey Berg, AFAR Media, 14 Apr. 2025
  • The park is also home to the Reed Flute Cave, a cave filled with several different stalactites and stalagmites.
    — Celia Fernandez, CNBC, 13 Aug. 2025
  • The Great Blue Hole contains stalactites and stalagmites below the surface, some 40 feet in length.
    — David Grossman, Popular Mechanics, 19 Feb. 2019
  • From the sandy Leapin’ Lagoon and its water jets to the stalactites and stalagmites of the Yakulla Caverns splash pad, there's no end to the fun.
    — azcentral, 14 June 2018
  • The researchers were able to extract samples of a stalagmite grown through the skeleton and from other nearby rocks and scrutinize the amount of isotopes of different elements in those samples.
    — Ben Panko, Smithsonian, 31 Aug. 2017
  • The gem of the center is Perry's Cave, 52 feet below ground, where visitors can view stalactites, stalagmites and cave pearls on the walls, ceiling and floor.
    — cleveland.com, 29 May 2017
  • The glowing stalagmite chandeliers, electric neon art of cacti, waves and sun punctuate the walls of the ocean-blue California Room, the venue’s second stage.
    — Los Angeles Times, 16 Feb. 2023

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