Get Free Checker
[ US /ˈkæzəm/ ]
[ UK /kˈæzəm/ ]
NOUN
  1. a deep opening in the earth's surface

How To Use chasm In A Sentence

  • The newborn worms, thanks to a slight viscidity, cling for a moment to the wire gauze; they swarm, wriggle, release themselves and leap into the chasm. The Life of the fly; with which are interspersed some chapters of autobiography
  • Not without a painful emotion of impending danger, as I watched the stellular reflections dancing in the rushing river, did I wander on in the wake of a group of pack-ponies, and took my turn in being assisted over the broken chasms by the muleteers. Across China on Foot
  • He talked about landslides in previous monsoons that had opened gaping chasms in the cliff behind the village.
  • The group was surprised to find a strong water current flowing through a wide chasm where the road had been.
  • The results also highlight a growing chasm between the borough's best and worst performing schools.
  • I wonder if the experts are truly cognizant of the unnecessary chasm that separates the layman from the cultured.
  • A jagged chasm ran across the cavern, and on the other side of the defile was a writhing sea of furred flesh and sharp teeth. Curse of the Shadowmage
  • Cliff and ravine vegetation is often very diverse and dense; the chasmophytic flora includes Cissus quadrangularis, Ficus lecardii, Boscia angustifolia, Euphorbia sudanica, Lannea microcarpa and Combretum lecardii. Cliffs of Bandiagara (Land of the Dogons), Mali
  • This growing chasm, initially masked by the housing boom, is now causing seething resentment. Times, Sunday Times
  • By the end, players will find themselves skirting around gaping chasms and outracing avalanches while being battered senseless by Mother Nature's best.
View all