How to Use fjord in a Sentence
fjord
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The land on the north side of the fjord was broad and rolling.
—Longreads, 12 Mar. 2018
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The bodies of the others are in the middle of the fjord.
—Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 28 Dec. 2020
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In the space of five years, all the other life in the fjords would just get killed.
—Allison Hussey, Pitchfork, 5 Nov. 2023
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The Fretheim has 122 rooms, each with an amazing view of the fjord or the mountains.
—Kayleigh Roberts, Marie Claire, 25 May 2019
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This sparked a 650-foot tall wave to roar out of the fjord and into Icy Bay.
—Bradley Brownell / Jalopnik, Quartz, 11 June 2024
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Since this is all in the west fjords, the east fjords have not been attacked yet.
—Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 5 Nov. 2023
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The fjord is key for fishing in the autumn, when the open sea is too harsh.
—Discover Magazine, 16 Feb. 2024
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He was raised on Tjoma Island at the mouth of the Oslo fjord.
—Jacques Kelly, baltimoresun.com, 23 Oct. 2020
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At the head of the fjord is a tidewater glacier, a valley glacier that flows all the way to the ocean.
—Sunset Magazine, 22 Jan. 2018
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In the fjord nearing the glacier, a black bear swam across our vessel’s path.
—Jan Brett, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 Feb. 2023
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Everything is vast and huge, the mountains, the fjords and all that.
—Avishay Artsy, Vox, 25 Jan. 2025
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As the sun sets over the fjord, head to either one of the Britannia's two bars.
—Shelby Knick, Forbes, 21 June 2022
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This has occurred in response to a warming of the water in the fjord in front of the glacier.
—Chris Mooney, Anchorage Daily News, 8 May 2023
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But in the end, each of the 11 bears swam ashore and walked back to their home fjord within a month or two, the study says.
—Evan Bush, NBC News, 16 June 2022
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Placing moorings up and down the fjord to probe its depths.
—Paul Voosen, Science Magazine, 10 Oct. 2019
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The lodge is nestled on a private cove along a nine-mile fjord.
—Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 11 Aug. 2020
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Kok: With two locations, guests can sauna off a pier or in the fjord. .
—Sloane Crosley, Travel + Leisure, 1 July 2023
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Deep, rich, unison strings opened the story like a strong wind across a fjord.
—Michael Andor Brodeur, Washington Post, 6 Nov. 2022
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Far out in the fjord, humpback whales exhaled steamy plumes.
—Christopher P. Baker, Travel + Leisure, 2 Mar. 2022
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Stay in a city, like Oslo or Bergen, or rent a car to drive along the famous fjords, which were carved by glaciers.
—Annabelle Canela, Parents, 14 Jan. 2025
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On the brief journey—which cost about $30—there are deep fjords and high alpine vistas.
—Jamie Carter, Forbes, 21 Mar. 2023
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The river at this point (more properly a fjord, a riverbed drowned by the sea) is vast and sullen.
—Richard Brookhiser, National Review, 20 Aug. 2020
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At this point, there are still refuges of cold water farther north and in the cold spots that lurk in fjords.
—Cathleen O'Grady, Ars Technica, 26 Oct. 2019
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Most of the rooms come with a stunning view of the fjord and its breathtaking icebergs.
—Caroline Hallemann, Travel + Leisure, 4 Aug. 2023
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The landscape of deep valleys and fjords was crafted by the action of glaciers.
—Spud Hilton, San Francisco Chronicle, 14 Dec. 2017
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An iceberg floats in a fjord near the town of Tasiilaq, Greenland, in June 2018.
—Thomas Crowther and Lucy Mulenckei, CNN, 7 Sep. 2021
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The fjords of Norway — all 1,000 of them — are majestic.
—Catherine Garcia, theweek, 16 May 2024
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The second part is planned for May in a Norwegian fjord.
—Eric Niiler, WSJ, 6 Mar. 2022
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Helicopter tours, which are without a doubt pricey, will whisk you up and away for a unique bird’s eye view of fjords and mountain ranges.
—Helen Iatrou, Travel + Leisure, 29 Dec. 2024
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Along the way, listen to northern lights stories and get a glimpse of beautiful fjords and wintery landscapes.
—Jamie Davis Smith, USA TODAY, 1 Feb. 2025
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