How to Use iceberg in a Sentence

iceberg

noun
  • Those deals are just the tip of the proverbial iceberg, though.
    Imani Moise, WSJ, 24 Nov. 2022
  • The bathing bear is the tip of an iceberg of gimmicks at Mabu.
    Hannah Goldfield, The New Yorker, 14 July 2023
  • This is just the tip of the ancient practice’s iceberg.
    Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 4 Oct. 2023
  • And keep in mind that these are only the tip of the Twitter brain iceberg.
    Steve King, Forbes, 11 Nov. 2022
  • What is the process where pieces of ice break away from a glacier and create an iceberg?
    CNN, 26 Jan. 2023
  • This week a giant city-sized iceberg split off an ice shelf in what part of the world?
    CNN, 26 Jan. 2023
  • The first tragedy came in 1907 when the steamer collided with an iceberg in the Bering Sea.
    David Reamer, Anchorage Daily News, 18 Dec. 2022
  • And that’s not all — working with Yeoh is only the tip of the celebrity iceberg.
    Vulture, 12 Oct. 2022
  • At one point, a guide chiseled chunks off an iceberg and passed them to Scalia.
    Justin Elliott, Joshua Kaplan and Alex Mierjeski, Anchorage Daily News, 22 June 2023
  • Can this be anything but the tip of the deception iceberg?
    Kris Frieswick, WSJ, 13 May 2022
  • Scambos compares the calving of the iceberg to a chisel on a board of wood.
    Dan Stillman, Anchorage Daily News, 25 Jan. 2023
  • Pour Homme and Givenchy Insense colognes were just the tip of his 50-plus fragrant iceberg.
    Jennifer Hussein, Allure, 7 Oct. 2022
  • And this demo is just the public tip of a private iceberg.
    Andrew Marantz, The New Yorker, 13 Feb. 2023
  • These are just the tip of the savings iceberg during Amazon's Big Spring Sale.
    Jennifer Hussein, Allure, 20 Mar. 2024
  • Later that night, the Titanic hit the iceberg and sank.
    Amarachi Orie and Christian Edwards, CNN, 28 Sep. 2022
  • In this sense, the São Paulo rebate has proved the tip of an iceberg, says Vasco de Toledo.
    Douglas Wilson, Variety, 2 Dec. 2022
  • And that’s just the tip of this enchanting sonic iceberg.
    San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Jan. 2023
  • But these days, the company is more of a melting iceberg.
    Benjamin Mullin, New York Times, 21 Dec. 2023
  • Captain Mike does more than just iceberg and whale tours.
    Jennifer Billock, Condé Nast Traveler, 19 Oct. 2023
  • Keng seems to be indicating that’s just not the full iceberg.
    Bywill Daniel, Fortune, 25 Sep. 2023
  • Our discussion here is just the tip of the massive iceberg that is the Langlands program.
    Quanta Magazine, 1 June 2022
  • And that's just the tip of the high jinks iceberg in the new ensemble comedy, based on the 2017 novel of the same name by Grant Ginder.
    David Oliver, USA TODAY, 18 Nov. 2022
  • Taken together, this is all still just the tip of the deepfake iceberg.
    Sage Lazzaro, Fortune, 11 Jan. 2024
  • Like an iceberg, though, 90% of the substance is hidden under the surface.
    Mark Phelan, Detroit Free Press, 16 Nov. 2022
  • Of course, that’s just the tip of the thawing iceberg, with 23 other offers to explore in this month’s travel deals roundup.
    Kyler Alvord, Condé Nast Traveler, 21 Mar. 2024
  • Fungal protein is just the tip of the (albeit melting) iceberg.
    Tamar Adler, Vogue, 26 Jan. 2023
  • The settlement may be the tip of a financial iceberg for the utility.
    oregonlive, 4 Nov. 2022
  • As the iceberg slowly rotates, their handheld GPS will seem to guide them in the wrong direction, and the sun might also move the wrong way.
    Douglas Fox, Scientific American, 1 Nov. 2022
  • The ban against cluster bombs is a case where the ship of good intentions hits the iceberg of reality.
    Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 4 May 2023
  • Seabirds and seals speckle floating icebergs in this calm stretch of Alaska’s Glacier Bay.
    Lesley Evans Ogden, Discover Magazine, 7 Apr. 2023

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