spelunking
- a word derived from spelunker.
Example Sentences
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Grieving often prompts frantic spelunking missions—rereading old letters or texts, scouring your camera roll and random social media accounts for any scrap of a memory of your loved one.
From Slate ● Apr. 23, 2026
Meanwhile, Craig swoons over Austin, a local weatherman whose hang-out ideas — mushroom harvesting, urban spelunking, starting a punk rock garage band — give Craig genuine joy.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 9, 2025
Sanford and Son’s dozen-plus shops and circuitous staircases within a three-story maze/arcade may remind some of the spelunking within Pike Place Market’s underground interiors.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 24, 2021
An invisible smudge of the fungal spores, on the footwear of a casual tourist or a serious caver lately returned from spelunking in northeastern France or Germany, could have been enough.
From New York Times ● Dec. 11, 2020
“I love Vocab. It’s like spelunking in a cave you’ve been in your whole life and discovering a thousand new tunnels.”
From "Please Ignore Vera Dietz" by A.S. King
