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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Passengers can spend over three hours checking out the view and exploring the canyon before hopping back on the train for the return trip to Williams.
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Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 14 May 2026
By nightfall, 100-mile-per-hour winds howled through the canyons.
—Literary Hub, 13 May 2026
Around the one-mile marker, cross the sturdy Welch Ditch suspension bridge and start back towards the trailhead, following along the rugged canyon walls that often draw rock climbers.
—Abigail Bliss, Denver Post, 13 May 2026
And then there’s another canyon a little bit further to the east, which has some windswept plains kind of feeling.
—AFAR Media, 11 May 2026
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Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 14 May 2026
By nightfall, 100-mile-per-hour winds howled through the canyons.
—Literary Hub, 13 May 2026
Around the one-mile marker, cross the sturdy Welch Ditch suspension bridge and start back towards the trailhead, following along the rugged canyon walls that often draw rock climbers.
—Abigail Bliss, Denver Post, 13 May 2026
And then there’s another canyon a little bit further to the east, which has some windswept plains kind of feeling.
—AFAR Media, 11 May 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 17 May. 2026.
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