How to Use glacial in a Sentence
glacial
adjective- Progress on the bill has been glacial.
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Why did the glacial ice not extend all the way across the bay?
— Marissa Grunes, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 Jan. 2023 -
The case has moved along at a glacial pace amid a Covid backlog in the courts.
— Tatiana Siegel, Rolling Stone, 11 Aug. 2022 -
In La Libertad, the beat of the day slows down to a glacial pace.
— Sean Patrick Flynn, Travel + Leisure, 27 May 2021 -
The deal is one of the first out of Toronto, where the market has moved at glacial pace.
— Manori Ravindran, Variety, 13 Sep. 2022 -
One is called Moraine, not lemon meringue, like moraine, like for a glacial moraine.
— Steve Bender, Southern Living, 3 July 2024 -
The site in the rolling, glacial terrain is blessed with cold, spring water.
— Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 22 Nov. 2020 -
Much of Chicago was built on a glacial lakebed, which means very clayey soils.
— Darren Orf, Popular Mechanics, 19 July 2023 -
Stick to cool or cold drinks, not ones that are a degree or two off glacial.
— Jessica Roy, Los Angeles Times, 7 Sep. 2022 -
Of that 3 percent, about two-thirds is frozen in the world’s melting glacial ice.
— Jonathan Schifman, Popular Mechanics, 8 Aug. 2021 -
My work suggests that progress along these lines is glacial at best.
— Shivaram Rajgopal, Forbes, 22 Sep. 2021 -
Half the world’s glacial loss is coming from the United States and Canada.
— Doyle Rice, USA TODAY, 29 Apr. 2021 -
But these bears can supplement the sea-ice-free days with glacial ice.
— Tulika Bose, Scientific American, 22 July 2022 -
But change moves at a glacial pace in the world of professional sports.
— Paul Sullivan, chicagotribune.com, 14 Dec. 2020 -
The filing details the glacial pace of progress on a structure that the city would prefer not to build at all.
— Matt Sledge, NOLA.com, 23 Dec. 2020 -
The Alps lost half their glacial ice since the 1800s, and most of what remains will likely be gone by the end of the century.
— Porter Fox, CNN, 29 Dec. 2021 -
Progress seems to be glacial in many places, but the momentum in Australia is not just slow.
— New York Times, 21 Oct. 2021 -
But this is too important to be left to the glacial pace of COP discussions.
— WIRED, 11 Jan. 2023 -
As a result, millions now live within 30 miles of a glacial lake.
— Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 Feb. 2023 -
In Pakistan, snowmelt caused a glacial lake to flood and wipe out an important bridge.
— Kasha Patel, Washington Post, 23 May 2022 -
Our leaders’ glacial pace on climate has been their own fault, not ours.
— Liza Featherstone, The New Republic, 29 July 2022 -
The measure’s progress through the gears of the lawmaking machinery has been glacial.
— New York Times, 27 May 2021 -
Fittingly, glacial views from the panoramic windows steal the show.
— Jen Murphy, Robb Report, 3 Feb. 2024 -
It’s based on a mash bill of corn, and uses glacial spring water to bring the spirit down to bottling strength.
— Joseph V Micallef, Forbes, 1 Oct. 2021 -
Deep Cove bay connects to a glacial fjord that extends into the rugged North Shore Mountains and out of sight.
— Harper's BAZAAR, 19 Jan. 2023 -
Compared to women’s fashion, men’s style has evolved at a glacial pace.
— Paul Croughton, Robb Report, 4 Sep. 2022 -
The melting ice and expanding glacial lakes heighten the risk of landslides and floods.
— Niha Masih, Washington Post, 19 Feb. 2021 -
The trail winds through the park for 6 miles over and around glacial features from kettles and kames to erratics and outcrops.
— Chelsey Lewis, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 29 Apr. 2021 -
This is due to glacial isostatic adjustment − land that was once compressed under the weight of ice age glaciers is now rebounding and moving upwards.
— Kate S. Petersen, USA TODAY, 19 Oct. 2024 -
In Antarctica, sea ice surrounding the continent also buttresses gigantic ice sheets, slowing the flow of glacial ice into the ocean.
— Tom Yulsman, Discover Magazine, 8 Nov. 2024
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