How to Use cenote in a Sentence
cenote
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Now canopied in greenery, the cenote, which reaches a depth of more than 130 feet, is open to tours.
—Jennifer Nalewicki, Smithsonian, 26 July 2017
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Down in the cenote, there are four buoys with treasure chests chained 15 feet deep with bags of puzzle pieces.
—Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com, 18 Dec. 2021
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The cenote winds through a lush mangrove and is a snorkeling and scuba spot.
—Brittany Anas, Forbes, 29 June 2021
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Snorkel in a cenote containing the second largest cache of Mayan remains in the region.
—Jonathan Soroff, Robb Report, 25 July 2023
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The fun doesn't stop there as the night continues with an after party at an on-site cenote.
—Topher Gauk-Roger, Peoplemag, 23 Aug. 2022
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In each of these cultures, people made offerings to deities in glaciers, maraes and cenotes.
—Renée Reizman, Los Angeles Times, 29 Sep. 2023
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In the first photo, the actress is seen standing inside a cenote, with clear blue water up to her thighs.
—Rosa Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR, 5 Apr. 2023
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This is a shorter jump than the last cenote water challenge, come on Jasmine!
—Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com, 30 Dec. 2021
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The cenote here is about the size of a Little League baseball field, lined with ribbons of red mangrove roots drinking the water below.
—Jennifer Berglund, Discover Magazine, 10 Aug. 2014
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The design was chosen to mimic the iconic cenotes of the Yucatan Peninsula.
—Ann Lien, House Beautiful, 4 Mar. 2019
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Then pairs once again run to get the remaining puzzle pieces from the cenote, requiring some swimming, and then solve the top puzzle.
—Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com, 25 Nov. 2021
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Through the Rangers Kid’s Club, young guests get to swim in cenotes, go on boat tours of the canals, and even participate in paper recycling workshops.
—Lindsay Cohn, Travel + Leisure, 7 Mar. 2023
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Framed by lush greenery and vegetation, the cenote at Chichen Itza is remarkable to look at.
—Joshua Rapp Learn, Discover Magazine, 4 June 2024
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From the activities (bicycling to a cenote!) to the food (one of their restaurants serves only food cooked over an open flame!), the place is full of healthyish vibes.
—The Healthyish Team, Bon Appetit, 10 July 2017
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For example, there is a huge cenote, Encantado, on the jungle side of the road, towards the Sian Ka'an arch, the entrance to the area's biosphere reserve.
—Nina Ruggiero, Travel + Leisure, 25 May 2021
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Each cenote is different, and the scenery can be otherworldly.
—Sara Clemence, WSJ, 24 Mar. 2022
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High points included driving through the jungle in Tulum and going in a cart pulled by a donkey to a cenote, or sinkhole.
—Erin Delmore, WSJ, 18 May 2022
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These natural sinkholes, known as cenotes, are sacred spots in the Mayan world, believed to be entrances to the underworld.
—Meagan Drillinger, Travel + Leisure, 18 Feb. 2024
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But Mexico as a country didn’t exist when the Mayans launched these artifacts into the Chichén Itzá cenote.
—Max Pearl, Vulture, 21 Dec. 2021
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The vessel was located 15 feet below the surface of a sinkhole filled with fresh water, also known as a cenote.
—Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 6 July 2023
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The green marble sinks and oval mirrors above them in the bathrooms are inspired by cenotes (the Spanish term for the underground limestone caves filled with water).
—Devorah Lev-Tov, Travel + Leisure, 5 June 2023
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These include the Riviera Maya Golf Club, an on-site cenote, a kids-only waterpark, and a live music section.
—Meagan Drillinger, Travel + Leisure, 26 May 2024
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This clearwater pool is the northernmost of many cenotes along the Pecos River, which formed from dissolution of the gypsum bedrock.
—Mike Bezemek, Outside Online, 13 Apr. 2023
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The bodies were found in wooded lots and sinkhole ponds, known as cenotes, when authorities searched over the weekend, ABC-7 reports.
—Angela Wilson, Peoplemag, 26 Apr. 2023
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Once there, underground limestone caverns of some of the country’s many cenotes (cey-NO’-tays) await their inspection.
—National Geographic, 20 May 2017
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The bathhouse—a cool cavern with a simple skylight—was designed to feel like a cenote, another nod to the landscape of the Yucatán Peninsula.
—Jessie Heyman, Vogue, 9 Mar. 2022
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If sandy Caribbean beaches are the face of the Dominican Republic, its streams, rivers and cenotes are its veins, arteries and heart.
—Mya Guarnieri, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Mar. 2024
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Everyone except for Laterrian and Jasmine gets out of the cenote to run back to attempt to solve their puzzles.
—Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com, 30 Dec. 2021
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To appease deities, like the rain god Chac, the Maya people threw offerings—sometimes human sacrifices—into the cenotes.
—Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 6 July 2023
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Visitors can access the cenote through several access points on the jungle side.
—Nina Ruggiero, Travel + Leisure, 25 May 2021
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