How to Use the Ice Age in a Sentence

the Ice Age

noun
  • That’s quite an effect that the Ice Age had.
    — Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 21 Dec. 2025
  • Introduce someone to the Ice Age Trail and hike with a first-timer.
    — Kelli Arseneau, jsonline.com, 1 Oct. 2025
  • But as the Ice Age drew to a close, bogs and shrubs began encroaching on their habitat.
    — Carl Zimmer, New York Times, 17 Jan. 2024
  • The cliffs formed at the end of the Ice Age thanks to glacial activity carving out the gorge.
    — Joie Probst, Midwest Living, 10 Apr. 2026
  • So though the Ice Age propelled mass movement, these traditions stayed the same.
    — Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 15 Feb. 2026
  • The tale follows a young girl named Ayla through an unfamiliar world in the Ice Age.
    — Rachel Raposas, PEOPLE, 2 Oct. 2025
  • Volunteer with the Ice Age Trail Alliance.
    — Kelli Arseneau, jsonline.com, 1 Oct. 2025
  • At the time of publication, roughly half the Ice Age Trail is complete.
    — Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 24 May 2024
  • The Ravens last developed a great receiver during the Ice Age.
    — Alex Kirshner, New York Times, 26 Apr. 2026
  • When that happens, all the high-meadow remnants of the Ice Age will be pushed off the top of the mountain and disappear.
    — Lewis Hyde, Harpers Magazine, 18 June 2025
  • Horses were well equipped to weather the Ice Age, their hard hoofs able to break through snow and ice to expose grasses underneath.
    — Manvir Singh, The New Yorker, 25 Dec. 2023
  • After the flood subsides, the only immediate effect the Ice Age will have on us down here will be more rain.
    — Lisa Wells, Harper’s Magazine , 13 Mar. 2023
  • But perhaps the most astonishing find was a seven-foot-long mammoth tusk that had been preserved since the Ice Age.
    — Kyle Morris, Fox News, 1 Jan. 2024
  • But at the end of the Ice Age, mammoth populations had dwindled and fragmented.
    — Joe Spring, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 Dec. 2024
  • When the Ice Age ended and the sea levels rose, the quartz sand formed the beaches found along the Destin area's shorelines.
    — Susan B. Barnes, Southern Living, 9 Apr. 2026
  • At 6 feet tall and 16 feet long, woolly rhinos were imposing plant-eaters during the Ice Age.
    — Margherita Bassi, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Sep. 2024
  • Hop on the Ice Age National Scenic Trail for a taste of the area’s glacial history.
    — Katy Spratte Joyce, Midwest Living, 31 Mar. 2026
  • During the Ice Age, the strait formed a land bridge linking Asia and North America.
    — Scott Spires, Encyclopedia Britannica, 23 Apr. 2026
  • But such straightforward reasoning might be a stretch too far for someone concerned with the taxpayers of the Ice Age.
    — Prem Thakker, The New Republic, 27 Apr. 2023
  • The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty (2022) and the Ice Age movies.
    — Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 4 May 2026
  • The first is that it was carried by glacial ice movement during the Ice Age, but the study authors don’t think that’s the right explanation.
    — Evan Bush, NBC News, 14 Aug. 2024
  • Fall is when the Ice Age Trail really shines, thanks to cooling temperatures and the shift of colors.
    — Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 22 Sep. 2025
  • If what Josef tells us is right, this forest has been speaking more or less like this for tens of thousands of years or more—way back into the Ice Age.
    — Daegan Miller june 5, Literary Hub, 5 June 2025
  • Consider returning in the winter to snowshoe portions of the Ice Age Trail, too.
    — Stephanie Vermillion, Travel + Leisure, 11 Apr. 2026
  • Others, like the Eagle segment of the Ice Age Trail, provide beautiful scenery in spring.
    — Amy Schwabe, Journal Sentinel, 20 Mar. 2023
  • But using new techniques, and with different assumptions, the children of the Ice Age are being given a voice.
    — Carolyn Wells, Longreads, 15 Feb. 2023
  • Although the real formation of the hole is due to erosion during the Ice Age, the legend adds a layer of intrigue to any visit.
    — David Nikel, Forbes, 5 Oct. 2024
  • These changes gave the pups traits like larger bodies and longer, fuller, light-colored fur, traits believed to have helped dire wolves survive cold climates during the Ice Age.
    — Michael Dorgan, FOXNews.com, 8 Apr. 2025
  • Thus, in Detroit, the rebounding from the Ice Age means a lowering in land elevations.
    — Keith Matheny, Freep.com, 18 May 2025
  • For decades, one theory suggested glaciers carried the rocks from Wales or Scotland during the Ice Age.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 22 Jan. 2026

Some of these examples are programmatically compiled from various online sources to illustrate current usage of the word 'the Ice Age.' Any opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback about these examples.

Last Updated: