How to Use massif in a Sentence

massif

noun

• Some attribute this to the complex terrain of the Mont Blanc massif.
  — Simon Akam, Outside Online, 27 Nov. 2019
• It is located right in the heart of the Mont Blanc massif, one of the largest mountain ranges in Europe.
  — Priya Krishna, GQ, 16 Sep. 2017
• Maestri never mentioned climbing on the west side of the massif, only the east and north sides.
  — The Editors, Outside Online, 4 Feb. 2015
• But Keb also stands for the region the massif resides in.
  — Outside Online, 7 June 2018
• If a plane were to clip the Alps anywhere, then the massif’s highest part was the obvious place.
  — The Economist, 20 Dec. 2019
• The seven-peak granite massif lies ten miles north of Juneau.
  — Matt Skenazy, Outside Online, 19 June 2018
• The Central campsite and refugio are nestled against a hillside with a view of the massif.
  — Cassidy Randall, Travel + Leisure, 5 Mar. 2023
• Behind them the massif rose and fell like gigantic shark teeth.
  — Sean Williams, Harper's Magazine, 11 Sep. 2023
• Rocchetti said of one of the principal massifs of the Pennine Alps.
  — Elisabetta Povoledo, The Seattle Times, 13 July 2017
• In a couple hours, the three-day trip takes on a grander scale as the central massif of five famous peaks is seen from a better vantage point.
  — Peter Reese, Popular Mechanics, 31 July 2018
• The massif of steel and glass skyscrapers at the core of this city’s downtown once stood as a testament to the rise of Canada’s oil-and-gas industry.
  — Vipal Monga, WSJ, 25 Feb. 2020
• The pilgrimage winds up through the foothills of the Trisul massif, where locals believe that the goddess lives with her husband, Shiva.
  — Douglas Preston, The New Yorker, 7 Dec. 2020
• An expert monitoring a fast-moving glacier on the Italian side of the Mont Blanc massif says a small section has picked up speed and could break off in the coming days.
  — Washington Post, 30 Sep. 2019
• New charts of the lunar south pole revealed the towering nature of two such massifs: Malapert Massif and Leibniz Beta.
  — Jennifer Leman, Popular Mechanics, 6 Mar. 2020
• Church bells rang from Cortina below, and as if on cue, the setting sun triggering an alpenglow, turning the jagged limestone massif from near white to gold, then rose to red.
  — Amiee White Beazley, Travel + Leisure, 17 May 2020
• Due to this flank vent activity, there has been some significant snowmelt from the Bogdanovich glacier on the volcanic massif.
  — Erik Klemetti, Discover Magazine, 17 Oct. 2013
• The Brévent stops at 8,284 feet, with an extraordinary panorama of the Mont Blanc massif opposite.
  — Simon Akam, Outside Online, 27 Nov. 2019
• The massif rocks contain lots of olivine, a mineral that reacts with water in a process called serpentinization.
  — Bypaul Voosen, science.org, 25 May 2023
• Climate change is melting the glaciers and permafrost of the Mont Blanc massif, revealing crystals hidden in pockets once covered in snow.
  — Simon Akam, Outside Online, 8 June 2021
• In the months since then, hundreds have managed to escape, returning to a community now living in tents in the plains of the yellow massif, hours from their former homes.
  — Rukmini Callimachi, New York Times, 12 Mar. 2016
• The Khasi inhabit the massif which separates Bengal and Assam.
  — Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 28 Oct. 2010
• The vineyards are on terraced slopes with southern exposure along the Dentelles de Montmirail, the mighty limestone massif.
  — Per and Britt Karlsson, Forbes, 25 Mar. 2022
• Next, head to the port to soak in the city’s impressive coastal landscape, dominated to the north by the Montes de Málaga, a green-and-dun massif that twinkles with white haciendas and flashes of purple bougainvillea.
  — Stephen Connolly, National Geographic, 6 Aug. 2019
• By studying images of the Annapurna massif, the team found geographic signs of an old landslide.
  — Rahul Rao, Popular Science, 6 July 2023
• In a series of vignettes, Sobelle coaxes companionship, memory, and maybe even love from these massifs of stuff.
  — The New Yorker, 31 Mar. 2017
• Eventually their cutting and planting expanded from the lower slopes of Mount Gorongosa—a granite massif that looms 6,112 feet above the western boundary of the park—to the higher, wetter zones.
  — David Quammen, National Geographic, 12 June 2019
• The moon is home to a wide range of topographical features, including towering mountains called massifs.
  — Jennifer Leman, Popular Mechanics, 6 Mar. 2020
• On the windy flanks of Mount Aragats, a biblical-sounding massif in Armenia, an old man — a cook — shuffles through a sprawling array of oddly shaped, empty buildings.
  — Yulia Grigoryants, New York Times, 21 Jan. 2020
• By drawing, my friend, John, could focus on light landing on this Himalayan massif and remove the space between it and our scenic perch on Tiger Hill in a way that would otherwise need an expensive camera and zoom lens to achieve.
  — New York Times, 11 Apr. 2020
• In the shadow of the Torres del Paine massif, this retreat seemingly disappears into the landscape, a curved wooden structure that echoes the surrounding nature.
  — John Wogan, Travel + Leisure, 8 July 2020

Last Updated: 1 Nov 2024