How to Use spelunker in a Sentence

spelunker

noun

• They were joined by scores of spelunkers who flocked to Mae Sai within days of the news that the soccer team was trapped by floods.
  — Phred Dvorak, WSJ, 10 July 2018
• Sadly for would-be spelunkers, the hole in the road will be given a permanent seal.
  — Craig Hlavaty, Houston Chronicle, 28 Feb. 2018
• Sadly for would-be spelunkers the hole in the road has been closed off while construction crews work to create a permanent seal.
  — Craig Hlavaty, Houston Chronicle, 9 Feb. 2018
• The appeal of discovering new, hidden worlds is a big part of why spelunkers are drawn to cave exploring.
  — Jake Maxwell Watts, WSJ, 8 July 2018
• This created the network of fissures the spelunkers discovered.
  — Louis Cheslaw, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Dec. 2017
• In 1968 a group of amateur spelunkers realized that falling rocks many centuries before had sealed an opening of a cave.
  — Chiara Goia, National Geographic, 14 Dec. 2019
• With help from fellow spelunker Gerry Keene, Haley helped rescue the dog by putting it in a duffel bag with her head sticking out.
  — Mike Stunson The Charlotte Observer (tns), al, 14 Aug. 2022
• The supervisor said several dozen rescue workers in all were sent to the cave, which is popular with spelunkers.
  — Rita Giordano, Philly.com, 17 Feb. 2018
• These literal and figurative buggers put a dent in how much stress your returning spelunkers regain in-town each week.
  — Steven Strom, Ars Technica, 28 June 2017
• Tajon's hardly the first security spelunker to fool a biometric lock.
  — Aaron Pressman, Fortune, 6 Sep. 2017
• Three days later, Vernon Unsworth, a British spelunker on site outside the cave, persuaded government officials that if the boys were to be saved, consummate cave divers would be needed.
  — Howard Schneider, WSJ, 5 Jan. 2022
• Berger’s team has argued that the individuals found so far must have entered Dinaledi through the chute—but unlike today’s spelunkers, some H. naledi may not have entered the chamber alive.
  — Michael Greshko, National Geographic, 13 Sep. 2017
• Chris Petersen was a spelunker in a past life: Few coaches are better at keeping players in the cave, deaf and blind to the outside world — and the accompanying adoration and expectations.
  — Jon Wilner, The Mercury News, 30 Mar. 2017
• This historic national landmark offers day and overnight tours for spelunkers (both novice and experienced) to explore the cave’s 32 miles of stalagmites, stalactites, and other unique features.
  — National Geographic, 16 Aug. 2019
• Vernon Unsworth, a British insurance consultant and hobbyist spelunker, has made a obsession of the Tham Luang cave system.
  — Shibani Mahtani, Washington Post, 13 July 2018
• Deep in the bowels of a cave system on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi, in a dim chamber accessible only to the most intrepid of spelunkers, lies a red-tinted painting depicting what appears to be a vivid hunt or ritual.
  — Katherine J. Wu, Smithsonian, 12 Dec. 2019
• For that reason, Holbrook said spelunkers are encouraged to practice clean caving, disinfecting their boots, clothing and other gear after exiting a cave.
  — Dennis Pillion, AL.com, 29 June 2017
• The Ozark region’s karst topography—a type of landscape shaped by the dissolution of limestone or other soluble rock—has produced a spelunker wonderland.
  — Leeaundra Keany, Discover Magazine, 30 Aug. 2010
• An amnesiac spelunker joins a rescue team to explore underground caves where bloodthirsty creatures dwell.
  — Los Angeles Times, 4 Oct. 2019
• Teams can either tackle the courses physically, or design a simulated spelunker.
  — Matt Simon, WIRED, 15 May 2018

Last Updated: 24 Jul 2024