Avalanche Sentence Examples

avalanche
  • Dodging a caprine avalanche, she joined Alex again.

    234
    87
  • They crossed Canyon Creek and the site of an avalanche a few years earlier, now evidenced by the rubble of broken, twisted trees and displaced earth.

    92
    56
  • At the same time, any excessive local rainfall is productive of difficulty and danger from the floods of liquid mud and loose boulders which sweep like an avalanche down the hill sides.

    68
    43
  • All at once the snow shattered into a hard slab avalanche.

    30
    9
  • She jumped aside, allowing the fowl avalanche to plunge down the trail.

    15
    9
  • In the process of searching through the freezer, she causes an avalanche of frozen foods to fall to the floor.

    12
    7
  • It was necessary to let the French reach Shamshevo quietly without alarming them and then, after joining Dolokhov who was to come that evening to a consultation at a watchman's hut in the forest less than a mile from Shamshevo, to surprise the French at dawn, falling like an avalanche on their heads from two sides, and rout and capture them all at one blow.

    36
    34
  • Despite the popularity of Avalanche Run, however, the ride frequently needed to be closed as sand from the beach would blow into the track and make riding conditions dangerous and unstable.

    13
    11
  • More candidates needed for 007 training to avoid avalanche.

    6
    5
  • My clever pet, with the forceful impact of his body against the hill, had started an avalanche!

    6
    5
    Advertisement
  • Grecian avalanche kills British climber A British woman was among five people killed by a mountain avalanche in Greece, police said yesterday.

    6
    6
  • Since both edges of V2a Waveform are caused by an avalanche, very steep edges result - ideal for timing.

    5
    5
  • But an unexpected return of warm monsoon weather hit, causing a massive avalanche.

    5
    6
  • The new super monorail that crosses Europe from Istanbul to Paris in record time is buried by an avalanche.

    5
    6
  • We make rings for firemen and chefs and avalanche detonators and professional surfers and moms - all of whom need reliable rings to keep up with their lifestyles.

    11
    12
    Advertisement
  • You will no longer have to search for that one top that compliments your favorite skirt so well, and you won't be dealing with a avalanche of winter apparel while searching for a summer outfit.

    16
    17
  • Two climbers have been killed after being hit by an avalanche near Ullapool.

    4
    6
  • You can learn to recognize windslab and other important warning signs but remember that avalanche avoidance begins before you get to any hazardous slopes.

    3
    5
  • The unit 's pet dog - a black spaniel - also escaped from the avalanche.

    2
    4
  • Needless to say, the enthusiasm and fervor with which fans follow the programs has ignited a veritable avalanche of Web sites devoted especially to the actors, characters and storylines.

    9
    11
    Advertisement
  • Even better is the fact that a good chant is self-sustaining, like setting a pebble in motion that becomes an avalanche.

    0
    3
  • You felt something may came soon but nobody expected the avalanche.

    2
    6
  • A huge avalanche of earth and rocks buried the Nagase Valley with its villages and inhabitants, and devastated an area of over 27 sq.

    2
    6
  • A particularly dangerous form is slab avalanche, formed by wind packing.

    1
    5
  • To the right of Avalanche Records is a take-away food shop which, for decades, was a pet shop.

    0
    4
    Advertisement
  • Fortunately, you don't have to look far to find an avalanche of Disney-themed scrapbook supplies.

    0
    4
  • Others carry a backpack which may include a pair of snowshoes, as well as avalanche equipment such as a shovel, an avalanche probe and an avalanche beacon.

    0
    4
  • Upper intermediate ski skills, as well as avalanche safety awareness is required.

    0
    4
  • Most heli-skiing outfits will insist that you carry avalanche safety gear.

    0
    4
  • All participants wear avalanche transceivers, and are trained in their use prior to leaving the Mount Potts Lodge.

    0
    4
  • Tasman Glacier heli skiing packages include lunch, three plane rides, professional guides and avalanche safety equipment.

    0
    4
  • Backcountry ski trips include instruction in avalanche safety.

    0
    4
  • If you worry about an avalanche when you open your closet doors, it's time to make a change.

    0
    4
  • Disaster Transport initially opened alongside the Cedar Point beach in 1985 as Avalanche Run.

    0
    4
  • Final Fantasy 7 for PS1 is about a soldier named Cloud Strife who joins a group of resistance fighters, known as Avalanche.

    0
    4
  • Released as the fourth installment of the series, SSX On Tour unleashes a furious avalanche of new atmosphere onto the slopes.

    0
    4
  • Lambert looked like the clear favorite to win the competition, but as the finals approached, an avalanche of press about his sexuality took over.

    0
    4
  • Their leaders talked and talked and talked but nothing could stem the avalanche.

    0
    4
  • Czerno's affinity for castles meant they couldn't simply blow the place up and hope she survived an avalanche of stone.

    3
    8
  • About 60 million cubic meters of dome and crater wall traveled to the south as a debris avalanche and pyroclastic density currents.

    0
    5
  • You sound the bugle that resonates around the glen signaling an avalanche of boulders on the unsuspecting soldiers.

    0
    5
  • This route was not feasible today tho, partly due to a Category 4 avalanche warning for the headwalls of north-facing corries.

    0
    5
  • Beware of going into the Red Burn which has steep drops and possible avalanche danger.

    0
    5
  • The scenery is even more spectacular in the afternoon as we walked past avalanche debris into the tiny village nestled under huge walls.

    0
    5
  • What follows is fitful, uncertain, even hallucinatory, although sometimes it can be an unstoppable avalanche.

    0
    5
  • Once people get on the slippery slope of conformity, there comes a virtual avalanche of consent, which is absolutely irresistible.

    0
    5
  • A new silicon avalanche photodiode photon counting detector module for astronomy.

    0
    5
  • June is in charge of the flowers - her Clematis ' Avalanche ' is a real showstopper.

    0
    5
  • The unit's pet dog - a black spaniel - also escaped from the avalanche.

    0
    5
  • Every staff member was fitted with an avalanche transceiver for each activity.

    0
    5
  • The Turks, in the absence of the fleet which was to have brought them supplies, were forced to retreat (August 6); the Greeks, inspired with new courage, awaited them in the pass of Dervenaki, where the undisciplined Ottoman host, thrown into confusion by an avalanche of boulders hurled upon them, was annihilated.

    0
    5
  • Saltation The genesis of powder snow avalanches is also thought to sometimes arise from a saltation layer on the surface of a dense avalanche.

    0
    5