How to Use chasm in a Sentence

chasm

noun
  • The chasm between the blind side in college and the NFL is wide.
    The Indianapolis Star, 23 Nov. 2022
  • Cayenne emerges from the great chasm, made red by the brake lights above her.
    Chicago Tribune, chicagotribune.com, 2 June 2018
  • The chasm between Loretta and Cher was the point, for her.
    New York Times, 9 Dec. 2020
  • Nowhere is the chasm clearer than in the metaphors each side chooses.
    Harriet Ryan, Los Angeles Times, 18 Dec. 2023
  • But the chasm between the McCaskeys and the city has grown deeper.
    Paul Sullivan, chicagotribune.com, 27 June 2021
  • But the chasm between the U.S. and Iran precedes the rule of the ayatollahs.
    Robin Wright, The New Yorker, 6 Feb. 2024
  • The glacier rests atop an enormous chasm more than 2 miles deep.
    Chelsea Harvey, Scientific American, 25 Mar. 2020
  • Her unsteady words echoed through the hearing room, 35 miles and a chasm away from the Shakopee prison.
    Photographs Todd Heisler, New York Times, 15 Oct. 2023
  • That was the chasm between the new guys coming into Vice and the old ones.
    Jen Yamato, Los Angeles Times, 23 Mar. 2021
  • So when an event is a chasm, what do people use to fill it?
    Monica Hesse, Washington Post, 16 Apr. 2020
  • Still more vast than the terrain is the chasm between the brothers.
    Bethanne Patrick, Los Angeles Times, 3 Mar. 2022
  • The media is partly to blame for this chasm, the experts write.
    Los Angeles Times, 29 Oct. 2020
  • The media is partly to blame for this chasm, the experts write.
    Author: Karen Kaplan, Anchorage Daily News, 30 Oct. 2020
  • The chasm between those teams and the best of the rest, is monumental.
    Martin Rogers, USA TODAY, 19 June 2018
  • That’s the No. 1 chasm among the states and well above 108% nationally.
    Jonathan Lansner, Orange County Register, 13 June 2024
  • But the run was enough that the chasm of talent between the teams could carry Las Vegas the rest of the way.
    Wilson Moore, The Indianapolis Star, 30 July 2022
  • After passing the reservoir, the trail turns to the west and travels along the deep ravines and chasms of South Brook.
    Peter Marteka, courant.com, 29 Nov. 2019
  • At the heart of the chasm, Grody-Patinkin found, was a lack of understanding from both sides.
    Sam Tabachnik, The Denver Post, 17 Oct. 2019
  • The high-walled chasm gains over 2,000 feet in elevation on the way to Flagstaff.
    Roger Naylor, The Arizona Republic, 18 Oct. 2024
  • The chasm is wide, and a lot of people are falling into it.
    Laurie Penny, Longreads, 10 Aug. 2020
  • One swings riders out over the chasm of the open-air aft section of the ship more than 11 decks below.
    Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 16 May 2025
  • The film’s title is the Arabic name for the bridge between our world and paradise that spans the chasm of hell.
    Jamie Lang, Variety, 15 May 2025
  • But the meeting, in March, found them on opposing sides of a chasm.
    New York Times, 21 May 2022
  • To be clever and say the yawning chasm is as wide as the Grand Canyon would not be hyperbole.
    David Moore, Dallas News, 6 Nov. 2020
  • The chasm between the haves and have-nots is about to become more profound than any time in the history of the sport.
    Bryce Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Dec. 2023
  • But over the last year, a chasm has grown between the two leaders over how to move forward.
    Los Angeles Times, 6 Jan. 2022
  • The few yards of space from the stands to the court floor is a chasm that can’t be breached except through looks and vibrations of love.
    Ann Killion, San Francisco Chronicle, 3 Apr. 2021
  • The chasm in style of the college and pro games increasingly widens.
    Barry Wilner, Star Tribune, 31 July 2020
  • This year’s conference was the strongest signal yet that Bitcoin is crossing the chasm from a niche asset into a cornerstone of the global financial system.
    Sandy Carter, Forbes.com, 28 May 2025
  • But somewhere in the chasm of perception between Infantino’s bombast and the indifference felt by many football fans, certain things are easier to say.
    Oliver Kay, New York Times, 3 July 2025

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