variants
or less commonly cañon
1
: a deep narrow valley with steep sides and often with a stream flowing through it
2
: something resembling a canyon
the city's concrete canyons
Examples of canyon in a Sentence
as the scouts made their way through the canyon, they marveled at the sheer walls of rock on both sides
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Though the hike is entirely exposed, a nice breeze came through the canyon and on the hillsides during my hike.
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Maura Fox, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Dec. 2025
Mandatory evacuations were issued across canyon communities in Orange and San Bernardino counties.
—Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 25 Dec. 2025
Hiding in Pink Sight Off the coast of Argentina and two miles below the ocean’s surface, the Schmidt scientists viewed yet more marine wonders in a canyon twice as deep as the Grand Canyon.
—Andrea Thompson, Scientific American, 25 Dec. 2025
From paragliding over the canyon’s staggering cliffs to white-water rafting on the Río Suárez, there is adrenaline and contrast in every corner.
—Jeaninne Sanz, Travel + Leisure, 22 Dec. 2025
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Maura Fox, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Dec. 2025
Mandatory evacuations were issued across canyon communities in Orange and San Bernardino counties.
—Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 25 Dec. 2025
Hiding in Pink Sight Off the coast of Argentina and two miles below the ocean’s surface, the Schmidt scientists viewed yet more marine wonders in a canyon twice as deep as the Grand Canyon.
—Andrea Thompson, Scientific American, 25 Dec. 2025
From paragliding over the canyon’s staggering cliffs to white-water rafting on the Río Suárez, there is adrenaline and contrast in every corner.
—Jeaninne Sanz, Travel + Leisure, 22 Dec. 2025
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“Canyon.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/canyon. Accessed 31 Dec. 2025.
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