How to Use avalanche in a Sentence

avalanche

noun
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  • He was buried by an avalanche.
  • Now that the draft is done, an avalanche of grades will follow.
    — David Moore, Dallas News, 30 Apr. 2023
  • Three were able to escape the avalanche, but two skiers were found dead.
    — Bryan Pietsch, Washington Post, 30 Jan. 2023
  • The ground constantly moves and cracks around you, and avalanches are the norm.
    — Jen Murphy, Robb Report, 17 Sep. 2023
  • My inbox is an avalanche of love from folks who agree with the piece.
    — Cameron Smith | Csmith@al.com, al, 1 Aug. 2023
  • His friend skied down first and watched as the avalanche was triggered and overtook Burks.
    — CBS News, 12 Mar. 2024
  • That dress looks like a snowfall in the Alps, an avalanche not seen by human eyes.
    — Concita De Gregorio, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 July 2023
  • The whoosh of the soda pouring, the ice getting stuck and then crashing down in an avalanche.
    — Li Goldstein, Bon Appétit, 15 Sep. 2023
  • Their ski and boot tracks were spotted leading to a small slab avalanche.
    — Anchorage Daily News, 9 May 2023
  • The avalanche was the deadliest in the U.S. since four backcountry skiers were killed in Utah two years ago.
    — Hartford Courant, 25 Feb. 2023
  • There are two common approaches: the snowball method and the avalanche method.
    — Kerri Anne Renzulli, wsj.com, 31 Oct. 2023
  • An avalanche forecaster hooks up with a hunky park ranger in this new TV movie.
    — Los Angeles Times, 27 Jan. 2023
  • The missing Nepali guides were swept into a crack in a glacier and buried by an avalanche, Reuters reports.
    — Laura Barcella, Peoplemag, 13 Apr. 2023
  • Early in the morning, my husband took off for the first day of his avalanche safety course.
    — Alli Harvey, Anchorage Daily News, 16 Apr. 2023
  • Two common debt payoff methods are the snowball method and the avalanche method.
    — Becca Stanek, The Week, 26 July 2023
  • The red box indicates the vicinity of the boot tracks that lead into a small avalanche area.
    — Gina Martinez, CBS News, 10 May 2023
  • But last month’s avalanche just north of the town of Lee Vining, on the Sierra’s east side, was different.
    — Kurtis Alexander, San Francisco Chronicle, 17 Mar. 2023
  • The avalanche took place around 1:20 p.m. local time, according to the Lee Canyon Ski Resort.
    — Mirna Alsharif, NBC News, 6 Feb. 2024
  • With any luck, some Republicans will get their first inkling of the avalanche of lies Trump has told.
    — Time, 14 Aug. 2023
  • The avalanche Wednesday killed one skier and injured a resort guest.
    — Salvador Hernandez, Los Angeles Times, 13 Jan. 2024
  • The avalanche buried two children and a father, and tragically, one of the children died.
    — Greg Wehner, Fox News, 20 Mar. 2024
  • There are two main types of avalanches, Marshall told the Statesman: slough and slab avalanches.
    — Shaun Goodwin, Idaho Statesman, 3 Feb. 2024
  • Read more More news to know now An Aspen-area avalanche killed a skier in the second death this weekend.
    — Nicole Fallert, USA TODAY, 20 Mar. 2023
  • In the next few weeks, if the rain and snow continue, Lyon is worried that avalanches could be next.
    — Claire Hao, San Francisco Chronicle, 13 Mar. 2023
  • The avalanche of wins for Tesla in the electric vehicle (EV) charging wars keeps rolling in.
    — Behnam Tabrizi, Fortune, 3 Aug. 2023
  • The indie studio wasn’t expecting the avalanche of players and fans have had a hard time logging in for the first few days of launch.
    — Gieson Cacho, The Mercury News, 26 Feb. 2024
  • At least 120 people in the Indian Himalayas have been killed by avalanches over the past two years.
    — Stephen Sorace, Fox News, 12 Oct. 2023
  • Edelman wakes up after this exchange to an avalanche of hate.
    — Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 13 Nov. 2023
  • Everything had to be very much under control because there was the risk of avalanches all the time.
    — Alex Ritman, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 Sep. 2023
  • The other skier began a search with an avalanche beacon, but could not find a signal.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 17 Mar. 2023

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