How to Use spelunking in a Sentence
spelunking
noun- They love to go spelunking.
- Her hobbies include hiking, biking, and spelunking.
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Choose a place that was once wet—and Mars’s now-dry riverbeds, sea basins and ocean floors offer plenty of those—and do your spelunking there.
— Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 7 Oct. 2021 -
And to his surprise Miller has been intrigued by some of what's been unearthed by the sonic spelunking.
— Gary Graff, Billboard, 15 June 2018 -
This is one of the great strengths of fiction: to identify a question that’s vexing, go spelunking, and sort of … hang out.
— Ellen Cushing, The Atlantic, 15 May 2020 -
Hop in the car and head to Mauckport in Southern Indiana for an afternoon of spelunking.
— Maggie Menderski, The Courier-Journal, 12 July 2019 -
The tension between Jon and Daenerys continued to build in episode four when the two went on a very romantic spelunking date.
— Eliana Dockterman, Time, 9 Aug. 2017 -
None of this would be possible without a lot of juridical spelunking.
— Luke Winkie, Wired, 19 Oct. 2021 -
That step was shrinking as piles rose past second-floor windows, alleys became canyons and descents to first-floor doorways became a sort of snowy spelunking.
— Jason Blevins, The Denver Post, 11 Jan. 2017 -
The arc of Ancestor Trouble ends up being a subtle move from a process of genealogical spelunking to one of gentle exorcism.
— Colin Dickey, The New Republic, 21 Mar. 2022 -
Accessible by elevator as well as on foot, this might be the perfect place to ease yourself into spelunking.
— Nicole Clausing, Sunset, 22 Jan. 2018 -
This was fairly straightforward spelunking into a lava tube system at a young volcano.
— Erik Klemetti, WIRED, 3 May 2011 -
Eating a stracciatella dish recalled spelunking, its glopping texture giving way to sharper, brighter edges: cubes of fennel and Meyer-lemon rind.
— Shauna Lyon, The New Yorker, 22 Apr. 2017 -
With the support of husband Seth, Lawrence took an enterprising plunge in October 2011, turning a hobby of antique and thrift store spelunking into a full-fledged resale shop venture.
— AL.com, 8 May 2017 -
Years later, after much of the world has moved on and From Software is making new games, the Prospectors still go spelunking within Bloodborne with surprising regularity.
— Patricia Hernandez, The Verge, 20 June 2018 -
Jacobs’ ancestral journey begins the way all great genetic spelunking begins these days: by spitting into a tube.
— Eric Weiner, ajc, 26 Dec. 2017 -
Jacobs' ancestral journey begins the way all great genetic spelunking begins these days: by spitting into a tube.
— Eric Weiner, Philly.com, 11 Jan. 2018 -
However, there is one small gem from their most recent spelunking that's worthy of closer examination.
— Charles P. Pierce, Esquire, 14 July 2017 -
If your business is built around one key player, what is your backup plan if they get hit by a bus tomorrow or decide to fully follow their passion for international spelunking?
— Samuel Johnston, Forbes, 12 Aug. 2022 -
Some have seen their task as psychic spelunking, deep exploratory work that can only be undermined by literary preciousness.
— Christopher Beha, Harper's magazine, 10 Mar. 2019 -
Meanwhile, Team Targaryen is doing some beach arguing, cave spelunking, and possibly some Theon welcoming.
— Joanna Robinson, vanityfair.com, 31 July 2017 -
His first spelunking expedition there in 1982 ventured into national parklands due west of Nosy Ankao, Miavana’s island.
— Tom Downey, WSJ, 18 July 2018 -
That led to other activities, including basketball, white-water rafting, spelunking, zip-lining and leading hiking groups.
— Tara Bahrampour, Washington Post, 22 Feb. 2023 -
National archives, especially Presidential archives, are like a weird form of historical spelunking.
— Amy Shira Teitel, Discover Magazine, 27 Apr. 2019 -
Adventure activities such as heli-skiing, off-trail snowboarding, bungee jumping, wakeboarding, Jet Skiing, spelunking, rock climbing, and scuba diving are almost always excluded from coverage in most travel insurance plans.
— Suzanne Rowan Kelleher, Condé Nast Traveler, 10 Dec. 2019
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