How to Use basin in a Sentence

basin

noun

• There were 21 named storms in the Atlantic basin last year.
  — Alyssa Lukpat, WSJ, 7 Sep. 2022
• The bureau threatened unilateral action in lieu of a basin-wide plan.
  — The Salt Lake Tribune, 12 Sep. 2022
• But the basin’s water is essential for the state’s largest city: Albuquerque.
  — The Salt Lake Tribune, 14 Sep. 2022
• The 2002 paper had assumed that there were no spruce trees in the upper Noatak basin, because nobody had seen them.
  — Roman Dial, Outside Online, 15 Sep. 2022
• Just prior to the peak, forecasters had a full-looking Atlantic basin with two different tropical waves and two hurricanes.
  — Joe Mario Pedersen, Orlando Sentinel, 13 Sep. 2022
• In a handful of events across Arizona focused on drought relief measures, Kelly has set an optimistic tone for partnerships with other basin states to address the crisis.
  — Libby Cathey, ABC News, 16 Sep. 2022
• Native American tribes in the Colorado River basin have inherent rights to the water, but the amount and access for a dozen tribes hasn't been fully resolved, not for decades.
  — Fox News, 16 Sep. 2022
• Works Progress Administration crews built a stone shelter house on a knoll, dredged a 900-acre basin for a lake, and began planting trees to control rampant erosion.
  — Doug Struck, The Christian Science Monitor, 13 Sep. 2022
• The drone took off with a whir and flew to the far side of the basin.
  — Anna Canny, Anchorage Daily News, 13 Aug. 2023
• In the first clip, Wren was held over the basin as his full head of hair was washed.
  — Hannah Sacks, Peoplemag, 20 Nov. 2023
• In the first clip, Wren is held over the basin as his full head of hair gets washed.
  — Hannah Sacks, Peoplemag, 17 Oct. 2023
• Sit lighter-weight pots in a basin of water and let the water wick to the top.
  — Nan Sterman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 June 2024
• And recharge basins such as the one on Lebow’s land aren’t the only way to sink water.
  — Erica Gies, Scientific American, 25 Oct. 2023
• Don't forget to spray inside the basin of the sink as well as the faucet and handles.
  — Mary Catherine McAnnally Scott, Southern Living, 17 Aug. 2024
• But the basin may be down to its last few years of extractable water.
  — Fred Pearce, WIRED, 9 Mar. 2024
• The city also would get 5.76 acres along the north shore of the lagoon’s outer basin.
  — Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Dec. 2023
• Clear trash and debris from storm drains and catch basins along your block.
  — Chelsea Brasted, Axios, 9 Sep. 2024
• The basin is shared between Cameroon, Chad, Niger, and Nigeria.
  — Time, 19 Jan. 2023
• With the imposition of the Morales Project, the water basin at the foot of the volcano is at risk.
  — Christina Noriega, refinery29.com, 4 Oct. 2022
• So when the glacier is great enough to lift the glacier, the water escapes the basin and flows downstream, Jacobs said.
  — Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 7 Aug. 2023
• No land sat lower than this basin, the terminus of the Tule, Kaweah, Kings and Kern rivers.
  — Times Staff, Los Angeles Times, 28 Mar. 2023
• The 405 Freeway is the main artery linking the western part of the valley to the Los Angeles basin.
  — Phil Helsel, NBC News, 10 Apr. 2024
• At the top of the list is Khyber Pakhtunkhwa basin in Pakistan, north of Islamabad.
  — Seth Borenstein, Anchorage Daily News, 7 Feb. 2023
• That refers to the five basins where water can be hauled to areas within an AMA.
  — Alexandra Hardle, The Arizona Republic, 24 Apr. 2024
• There haven’t been any hurricanes so far in the Atlantic basin in 2023.
  — Leigh Morgan, al, 24 June 2023
• Others found their way to the basin as adults, fell in love with the country sunsets and never left.
  — Elvia Limón, Los Angeles Times, 7 July 2023
• Just a few isolated briny ponds were left in the landlocked basin.
  — science.org, 25 Sep. 2024
• The nearby wash basins are worse: no water and human feces on the floor.
  — Nick Paton Walsh, CNN, 15 Apr. 2023
• Chevron has doubled its production in the basin in the last five years and is now returning records amounts of cash to shareholders.
  — Ryan Hogg, Fortune, 2 Nov. 2024
• Lakes are among the most fascinating geographical features, defined as sizable bodies of standing or slowly moving water contained within inland basins.
  — Matt Robison, Newsweek, 20 Nov. 2024

Last Updated: 11 Dec 2024