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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My goal was to inspect calcium carbonate rocks, found near methane seeps at the base of the canyon walls, in search of methane-eating microbes.
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Jeffrey Marlow, New Yorker, 5 Apr. 2026
Shortly after, Canyon bought a patch of desert in Utah’s red-rock-canyon country and, in 2009, Henkel’s vision of a minimalist retreat ensconced in the sandstone landscape materialized as Amangiri, whose nightly room rates start at about $5,000.
—Jen Murphy, Robb Report, 4 Apr. 2026
That's because there are natural barriers of these sprawling mountains and canyons.
—Dana Taylor, USA Today, 3 Apr. 2026
This suggests the trail burned in recent years, as canyon sunflower is a fire follower.
—Jaclyn Cosgrove, Los Angeles Times, 2 Apr. 2026
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Jeffrey Marlow, New Yorker, 5 Apr. 2026
Shortly after, Canyon bought a patch of desert in Utah’s red-rock-canyon country and, in 2009, Henkel’s vision of a minimalist retreat ensconced in the sandstone landscape materialized as Amangiri, whose nightly room rates start at about $5,000.
—Jen Murphy, Robb Report, 4 Apr. 2026
That's because there are natural barriers of these sprawling mountains and canyons.
—Dana Taylor, USA Today, 3 Apr. 2026
This suggests the trail burned in recent years, as canyon sunflower is a fire follower.
—Jaclyn Cosgrove, Los Angeles Times, 2 Apr. 2026
See All Example Sentences for canyon
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“Canyon.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/canyon. Accessed 5 Apr. 2026.
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