Yosemite

[ yoh-sem-i-tee ]

noun

1. a valley in E California, in the Sierra Nevada Mountains: a part of Yosemite National Park. 7 miles (11 km) long.

Example Sentences

Falls might be less endemic to the Grand Canyon than one would expect, but they are the top cause of death in Yosemite, the second-most-dangerous park.

From Washington Post

It was as if Yosemite and Sequoia National Parks had a baby.

From Outside Online

If you can, drive in as early as possible and leave your car parked until you head back out, avoid visiting the Valley during peak season, or park outside Yosemite and use public transportation to finish your trip.

From Outside Online

It doesn’t get nearly the same traffic as California’s more popular parks, like Yosemite or Joshua Tree.

From Outside Online

In this episode, Harrington talks to Outside contributor Stephanie Joyce about why she’s still terrified at the beginning of every Yosemite season and how falling is what actually allowed her to get to the top.

From Outside Online

He was helping protect the Yosemite Valley while he was sprucing up the hills of middle Manhattan.

From The Daily Beast

The paper also listed NASA and 97 percent of its employees at home, and Yosemite, closed for the celebration of its 123 birthday.

From The Daily Beast

Campers in glorious Yosemite have been given 48 hours to get out.

From The Daily Beast

The Upper Yosemite Falls, the tallest waterfall in North America, is not to be missed.

From The Daily Beast

Take the Lower Yosemite Falls trail from the Valley and enjoy the 7.6 miles of wilderness.

From The Daily Beast

Even during our weeks of camping in the Yosemite, he would spend two hours on his morning toilet in the privacy of his tent.

From Project Gutenberg

The wonders of the Yosemite and Calaveras were as yet unrecorded.

From Project Gutenberg

The sublime beauty of the Yosemite touched me with wonder and awe, but when I heard the robins note it touched my heart.

From Project Gutenberg

Only the eagles' nests upon the fierce dizzy pinnacles in the Yosemite surpass the home of the fish-hawk in unawed boldness.

From Project Gutenberg

The aery of the Yosemite eagle is the most sublimely defiant of things built by bird, or beast, or man.

From Project Gutenberg