How to Use sinkhole in a Sentence

sinkhole

noun

• The sinkhole looked like a black wound in a green field.
  — Allison Keeley, The New Yorker, 3 Aug. 2022
• The state has seen a spate of sinkholes due to the recent rains.
  — Hayley Smith, Los Angeles Times, 30 Mar. 2023
• The sinkhole is the 30th to be found in China’s Leye County.
  — Marisa Iati, Washington Post, 11 May 2022
• The sinkhole did not pose a threat to the county roadway or homes.
  — Pilar Arias, Fox News, 10 Sep. 2023
• This sinkhole is a giant among dozens of pockmarks the researchers found on the seafloor.
  — Matt Simon, Wired, 21 Mar. 2022
• Meeker said the sinkhole is over a sewer line where there was a leak.
  — Remington Miller, Arkansas Online, 3 May 2023
• Stay away from sinkholes and cracks — and wear a good pair of shoes and long pants that cover your legs.
  — Ashlyn Messier, Fox News, 9 Oct. 2023
• Crews are on the scene at East Eighth & Walnut streets working to repair the sinkhole.
  — Brook Endale, The Enquirer, 24 May 2022
• Video from OnScene TV showed a large sinkhole in the traffic lanes.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Oct. 2022
• Water had flooded the sinkhole to around halfway up the doors.
  — Daniel Wu, Washington Post, 28 June 2023
• In January, rains caused a sinkhole in the parking lot, forcing the zoo to shut down for 34 days.
  — Sarah Ravani, San Francisco Chronicle, 22 Mar. 2023
• Now, the road and the police department are directly above the sinkhole area.
  — Orlando Mayorquin, USA TODAY, 23 Nov. 2022
• At the bottom of a sinkhole, ancient trees stretch nearly 130 feet high.
  — Marisa Iati, Washington Post, 11 May 2022
• The discovery of the latest sinkhole is not an anomaly.
  — Caitlin McFall, Fox News, 17 May 2022
• Just this week, video captured a New York City van falling into a sinkhole in the Bronx.
  — Timothy Bella, Washington Post, 20 July 2022
• About 20 percent of the world's landmass is made of karst landscapes, with China boasting the largest sinkhole in the world.
  — Manasee Wagh, Popular Mechanics, 13 May 2022
• The vehicle was upside down in the sinkhole, wheels facing toward the sky.
  — Daniel Wu, Washington Post, 28 June 2023
• Zhang Yuanhai was part of a team that explored an even larger sinkhole found in Guangxi five years ago.
  — Mike Snider, USA TODAY, 18 May 2022
• Nine days later, a silver sedan plunged into the sinkhole.
  — Abigail Adams, Peoplemag, 1 Feb. 2023
• The initial sinkhole in the area was reportedly 75 feet wide.
  — Pilar Arias, Fox News, 10 Sep. 2023
• Since the sinkhole, the 700 block of North Avenue between Greenmount and Homewood avenues has been shut down.
  — Christine Condon, Baltimore Sun, 16 Dec. 2022
• This particular sinkhole isn’t the only one in the world teeming with life.
  — Manasee Wagh, Popular Mechanics, 13 May 2022
• This isn't the first time a sinkhole has formed on a heavily-trafficked trail in Milwaukee.
  — Drew Dawson, Journal Sentinel, 17 July 2023
• The sinkhole was caused by erosion that developed after an 18-inch storm drain pipe that runs below the street broke.
  — Rob Nikolewski, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 May 2023
• And things go from bad to worse when an enormous sinkhole opens up right in front of their restaurant just as the summer season is about to begin.
  — Frank Scheck, The Hollywood Reporter, 23 May 2022
• To the south in the Chatsworth neighborhood of Los Angeles, a sinkhole opened up and swallowed vehicles.
  — Nouran Salahieh, CNN, 17 Jan. 2023
• Sarah Donner heard the pre-dawn commotion outside and looked out to see her vehicle in the sinkhole.
  — From Usa Today Network and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 17 Aug. 2022
• Tuesday’s storm caused rock and mudslides and a large sinkhole in greater Los Angeles.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Jan. 2023
• Authorities said the sinkhole was caused by a water main break.
  — Stepheny Price, Fox News, 24 Jan. 2024
• But how did a member of this species of giant ground sloth — which scientists estimate to be around the size of a bear — end up at the bottom of a sinkhole?
  — Max Bennett, Discover Magazine, 25 Jan. 2024

Last Updated: 3 May 2024