Lake Superior
CulturalDiscover More
The largest freshwater lake in the world, Lake Superior is the largest, highest in elevation, and deepest of the Great Lakes.
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
Others created AI-generated images of Somali “founders” planting flags on the shores of Lake Superior.
From Salon • Dec. 8, 2025
Monday marked the 50th anniversary of the sinking of the SS Edmund Fitzgerald, which went down during a ferocious storm in Lake Superior on Nov. 10, 1975.
From Slate • Nov. 10, 2025
When he finally turned south, however, he met what may have been the fiercest tempest on Lake Superior in more than 60 years.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 3, 2025
Located off the Michigan shoreline on Lake Superior, the world’s largest freshwater lake, it’s accessible by seaplane and a variety of ferries and boat options.
From Seattle Times • Jun. 3, 2024
Interstate 35 goes from the Mexican border all the way up to Lake Superior, and some of the heaviest traffic is along the two-hundred-fifty-mile stretch between San Antonio and Dallas.
From "Small Steps" by Louis Sachar
![]()
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.