How to Use chasm in a Sentence
chasm
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The chasm between the blind side in college and the NFL is wide.
—The Indianapolis Star, 23 Nov. 2022
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The chasm between Loretta and Cher was the point, for her.
—New York Times, 9 Dec. 2020
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Nowhere is the chasm clearer than in the metaphors each side chooses.
—Harriet Ryan, Los Angeles Times, 18 Dec. 2023
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But the chasm between the McCaskeys and the city has grown deeper.
—Paul Sullivan, chicagotribune.com, 27 June 2021
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But the chasm between the U.S. and Iran precedes the rule of the ayatollahs.
—Robin Wright, The New Yorker, 6 Feb. 2024
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The glacier rests atop an enormous chasm more than 2 miles deep.
—Chelsea Harvey, Scientific American, 25 Mar. 2020
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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
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That was the chasm between the new guys coming into Vice and the old ones.
—Jen Yamato, Los Angeles Times, 23 Mar. 2021
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So when an event is a chasm, what do people use to fill it?
—Monica Hesse, Washington Post, 16 Apr. 2020
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Still more vast than the terrain is the chasm between the brothers.
—Bethanne Patrick, Los Angeles Times, 3 Mar. 2022
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The media is partly to blame for this chasm, the experts write.
—Author: Karen Kaplan, Anchorage Daily News, 30 Oct. 2020
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The media is partly to blame for this chasm, the experts write.
—Los Angeles Times, 29 Oct. 2020
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That’s the No. 1 chasm among the states and well above 108% nationally.
—Jonathan Lansner, Orange County Register, 13 June 2024
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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
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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
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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
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The high-walled chasm gains over 2,000 feet in elevation on the way to Flagstaff.
—Roger Naylor, The Arizona Republic, 18 Oct. 2024
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The chasm is wide, and a lot of people are falling into it.
—Laurie Penny, Longreads, 10 Aug. 2020
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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
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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
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But the meeting, in March, found them on opposing sides of a chasm.
—New York Times, 21 May 2022
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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
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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
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But over the last year, a chasm has grown between the two leaders over how to move forward.
—Los Angeles Times, 6 Jan. 2022
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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
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The chasm in style of the college and pro games increasingly widens.
—Barry Wilner, Star Tribune, 31 July 2020
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The Broncos did not lose because of a huge chasm between Nix and Josh Allen.
—Troy Renck, Denver Post, 29 Mar. 2025
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There is a chasm between the great and the merely good, and the perception is that nobody is able to jump it.
—Rory Smith, New York Times, 15 Mar. 2024
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But that chasm seems less daunting thanks to the addition of Notre Dame.
—Matt Murschel, orlandosentinel.com, 8 Sep. 2020
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The wide chasm between the the BLS's measure of unemployment and its true rate of unemployment is also concerning, according to Ludwig.
—Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 26 May 2025
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