How to Use crag in a Sentence

crag

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  • Pets are even allowed at the crag with you (on a leash).
    — Emily Pennington, Outside Online, 7 May 2021
  • Pat Bates and his climbing buddies stand out at the crag.
    — Jayme Moye, Outside Online, 21 Jan. 2023
  • Rows of grand palazzos lead to a church perched on a crag protruding from the town.
    — Silvia Marchetti, CNN, 8 Oct. 2022
  • The rocky crags and waterfalls along this steep stretch evoke the drama of the Rockies — but much closer to home.
    — Patricia Harris and David Lyon, BostonGlobe.com, 7 Sep. 2023
  • But Zaz isn’t the only one with his eyes on the Paramount mountaintop, or at least a crag or two.
    — Bethy Squires, Vulture, 20 Dec. 2023
  • After a few days of riding, move north to Seneca Rocks, a 900-foot-tall crag that’s a hotbed of trad climbing.
    — The Editors, Outside Online, 8 Sep. 2020
  • Stronghold from 7 to 9 p.m., and consider joining one of their monthly crag cleanups.
    — Matt Pawlik, Los Angeles Times, 14 July 2022
  • Book a room at Burg Colmberg, a 14th-century castle rising from a rocky crag above a tiny village.
    — Elizabeth Rhodes, Travel + Leisure, 2 Mar. 2021
  • Here, hikers can experience the raging Potomac River and the rocky crags of Great Falls.
    — Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 26 May 2023
  • Waterfalls cascade down grassy slopes, where sheep are plentiful, and seabirds nest in crags.
    — Kim Tingley, New York Times, 16 Aug. 2023
  • Meanwhile, High Desert Clay was inspired by from the orange, brown and yellow colors within the crags and canyons of the American southwest.
    — al, 27 Feb. 2023
  • Just a few seconds on the receiving end of a harangue from such a fellow, whether at a surf break or the crag or the skin track, is enough to ruin an otherwise lovely day.
    — Outside Online, 26 Mar. 2021
  • Your next appointment isn’t until tomorrow, and there’s a crag and a pancake diner between it and you.
    — Corey Buhay, Outside Online, 19 July 2019
  • Though it was later removed, there is evidence of fire and other activities in the same location and of two burial cairns on the top of the crag.
    — Hugh Raffles, The New York Review of Books, 9 Oct. 2020
  • The chicken patty, rusty-hued with smoky spices, has more crags than a Swiss Alp, and its amiable companions, a slather of mayonnaise and some pickles, add just the right backup notes.
    — Emily Heil, Washington Post, 18 Oct. 2023
  • The first glow of sunlight revealed the titanic walls and turrets of the palace-fortress complex called the Alhambra looming above me on a spectacular crag.
    — Tony Perrottet, Smithsonian Magazine, 30 Aug. 2023
  • These painting-like objects are defined by crags, fractures and subtle color shifts.
    — Mark Jenkins, Washington Post, 24 Nov. 2023
  • That much is written across her face on the album cover: a photo of her camouflaged in loose forest green, hunched uncomfortably atop a crag in the Canadian wilderness.
    — Spin Staff, SPIN, 22 Apr. 2022
  • The Vibram XS Edge rubber was grippy and kept our footing secure at a seeping crag during a particularly damp day.
    — Will Egensteiner, Popular Mechanics, 29 Oct. 2020
  • Nestled in a sandstone crag along a winding river in the English countryside, a near-complete Anglo-Saxon cave house has been waiting to tell centuries-old stories.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 17 July 2021
  • When Sundog was but a teenage dirtbag, climbing the crags of Southern California during the Reagan years, these sports were still heavily dominated by dudes, and the sight of a woman on the end of a rope was met with hushed envy.
    — Sundog, Outside Online, 1 Mar. 2023
  • But during that rare field trip on the second-to-last day of school, the students tested their bravery by strapping into a climbing harness and crawling up a vertical crag while an adult belayer held their safety rope.
    — Julie Jag, The Salt Lake Tribune, 8 June 2021
  • On the eve of the 2022 handover ceremony, Paterson and two former Future Library contributors gathered at the edge of a windy crag along the Oslofjord to discuss time—specifically, the way the pandemic had altered their perceptions of it.
    — Eleanor Cummins, The New Republic, 14 Oct. 2022
  • Picturesque medieval hill towns sprout from almost every crag, but on closer inspection, a Gothic atmosphere hangs over many, tilting the cultural balance from the Mediterranean toward the Eastern European.
    — Tony Perrottet, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 Aug. 2022
  • Pets are even allowed at the crag with you (on a leash).
    — Emily Pennington, Outside Online, 7 May 2021
  • Pat Bates and his climbing buddies stand out at the crag.
    — Jayme Moye, Outside Online, 21 Jan. 2023
  • Rows of grand palazzos lead to a church perched on a crag protruding from the town.
    — Silvia Marchetti, CNN, 8 Oct. 2022
  • The rocky crags and waterfalls along this steep stretch evoke the drama of the Rockies — but much closer to home.
    — Patricia Harris and David Lyon, BostonGlobe.com, 7 Sep. 2023
  • But Zaz isn’t the only one with his eyes on the Paramount mountaintop, or at least a crag or two.
    — Bethy Squires, Vulture, 20 Dec. 2023
  • After a few days of riding, move north to Seneca Rocks, a 900-foot-tall crag that’s a hotbed of trad climbing.
    — The Editors, Outside Online, 8 Sep. 2020

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