ravine
Americannoun
noun
Other Word Forms
- raviney adjective
Etymology
Origin of ravine
1400–50; late Middle English < Middle French: torrent, Old French: a violent rushing; raven 2
Example Sentences
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I added blue streams that run through the ravines, and then placed my wooden figurines: a sandal, a disc with a smiley face painted on.
From Literature
Rubaya sits on steep hillsides carved by deep ravines with dirt roads, often impassable during the rainy season, winding between unstable slopes.
From Barron's
They had ended up in the bottom of a ravine in between two slopes.
From Literature
And in 2019, at least 35 people were killed when a bus plunged into a ravine on the western island of Sumatra.
From Barron's
Picture a long, slow climb up the mountain of fame and wealth heading for a sign marked “Happiness”—only to discover, at the pinnacle, that happiness is actually on another mountaintop, across a ravine.
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