How to Use freshwater in a Sentence

freshwater

1 of 2 adjective

• Since the city of Wuhan is where the Han and Yangtze rivers meet, freshwater fish is also a specialty, cooked many ways.
  — Momo Chang, SFChronicle.com, 16 Mar. 2020
• Research shows that a saltwater ballast flush can go a long way in killing most freshwater tank dwellers.
  — jsonline.com, 2 Sep. 2021
• Also known as Japanese rice fish, medaka are small, freshwater fish native to Japan.
  — Danny Lewis, Smithsonian, 16 Jan. 2017
• Also known as Japanese rice fish, medaka are small, freshwater fish native to Japan.
  — Danny Lewis, Smithsonian, 16 Jan. 2017
• The species, which lives on fish, crabs, snakes, turtles, birds and small mammals, is considered more reclusive than its more numerous freshwater cousin, the alligator, and tends to avoid people.
  — David Fleshler, Sun-Sentinel.com, 26 Jan. 2018
• Luxury Airstreams in a hilly setting surrounding a freshwater pond.
  — Washington Post, 2 July 2021
• Ghost forests are landscapes that form when saltwater begins to flood woodland areas that contain freshwater-dependent trees.
  — Elizabeth Gamillo, Smithsonian Magazine, 19 Mar. 2021
• These include freshwater inflow from the melting of the Greenland ice sheet, melting sea-ice, increasing precipitation and river run-off.
  — Doyle Rice, USA TODAY, 5 Aug. 2021
• Snow Lake contains a healthy population of lake chubsuckers - not a game fish, but one of Ohio's rarest suckers, a small, freshwater fish barely larger than a minnow -- and an indicator species only found in high-quality glacial lakes, Seidel said.
  — James F. McCarty, cleveland.com, 6 Aug. 2017
• The National Hurricane Center is calling for 12 to 18 inches of rainfall, with locally higher amounts possible - more than enough to cause widespread urban and freshwater flooding.
  — Zach Rosenthal, BostonGlobe.com, 27 Sep. 2022
• That’s why many coastal and freshwater fish in Florida, including the largemouth bass, already have recommended consumption limits by the Florida Department of Health.
  — orlandosentinel.com, 28 Dec. 2020
• Unlike natural and freshwater pearls, cultured pearls are not naturally-occuring.
  — Sian Babish, chicagotribune.com, 10 Mar. 2021
• But for fish and other marine and freshwater wildlife, studies find that microplastics disrupt reproductive systems, stunt growth, diminish appetite, cause tissue inflammation and liver damage, and alter feeding behavior.
  — Laura Parker, National Geographic, 7 Aug. 2020
• Quagga and Zebra Mussels are quickly becoming America’s most troublesome freshwater invasive species.
  — Jeff Wheelwright, Discover Magazine, 24 June 2012

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fresh water

2 of 2 noun

• The lakes are fresh water, less buoyant than salt, which means long boards are a must for most surfers.
  — Graham Averill, Outside Online, 28 July 2024
• People come from all over the world to study the ice itself, which contains 90 percent of the world’s surface fresh water.
  — Sarah Scoles, Scientific American, 4 Sep. 2024
• According to Oxfam America, less than 4% of fresh water is now drinkable in Gaza.
  — Freddie Clayton, NBC News, 31 Aug. 2024
• To keep them safe, wash their food bowls after each meal, regularly wash water bowls and replace with fresh water, try to keep them dry when not in use, and opt for dishes made of sanitary stainless steel.
  — Mary Cornetta, Better Homes & Gardens, 9 Sep. 2024
• It is drained, and fresh water comes out of the spouts.
  — Erin Couch, The Enquirer, 16 July 2023
• Place the roots back in the jar and fill the jar with fresh water to grow more green onions.
  — Sheryl Geerts, Better Homes & Gardens, 27 July 2024
• Place enough fresh water in the pan to just cover the cod.
  — Paul Stephen, ExpressNews.com, 5 Aug. 2020
• Drain the beans in a colander and rinse with fresh water.
  — Sara Franklin, Charlotte Observer, 31 Jan. 2024
• The moment the water in the jar looks cloudy, get fresh water.
  — Kimberly Holland, Southern Living, 9 Feb. 2024
• Four-fifths of the park is water, part of one of the largest bodies of fresh water on earth.
  — Stephanie Pearson, Travel + Leisure, 25 June 2024
• Drain the fresh water tank, the black/gray water tanks, the water heater, and the water heater lines.
  — Andrew Hard, chicagotribune.com, 22 Jan. 2021
• And even glaciers could be helpful sources of fresh water.
  — Trevor Hughes, USA TODAY, 4 Mar. 2023
• If fresh water is in short supply, why not remove the salt from the vast oceans?
  — Edward Ring, National Review, 15 Aug. 2022
• Like salmon, they are born in fresh water, migrate to the ocean, and then return to rivers as adults to spawn.
  — Hayley Smith, Los Angeles Times, 15 Mar. 2024
• Step 1: Check beans for small debris and rinse well in cool, fresh water.
  — Elena Kadvany, San Francisco Chronicle, 16 Sep. 2021
• In one corner of the ring is the salt water of the Gulf of Mexico, and in the other, the river’s fresh water.
  — Nancy Walecki, The Atlantic, 11 Oct. 2023
• The site offered plenty of fresh water, with a series of pools.
  — Paul Smaglik, Discover Magazine, 7 June 2024
• Provide plenty of shade and fresh water and keep them off the pavement.
  — Meredith G. White, The Arizona Republic, 28 June 2024
• Make sure your dog has access to plenty of fresh water at all times.
  — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 1 July 2023
• And it was built to commemorate fresh water that was brought into the city for the first time.
  — Kathryn Shattuck, New York Times, 4 May 2024
• One is that more rain starts to fall in the ocean near Greenland and Iceland, and that new water is fresh water.
  — Lauren Goode, WIRED, 25 July 2024
• Salt water mixes with fresh water when the canal’s locks fill up.
  — Tribune News Service, Hartford Courant, 10 Jan. 2024
• To keep the water fresh and clean, once a week, pour out the water gently so as to not touch the bulb and add fresh water to below the bulb.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Dec. 2020
• The destruction ripples out to the rest of the ecosystem, the AP found, as the fresh water aquifer connects to the Caribbean Sea.
  — Teresa De Miguel, Megan Janetsky, and Rodrigo Abd, The Christian Science Monitor, 31 May 2024
• The city plans to build a pipeline that would pump in fresh water from about 12 miles upriver, the statement said.
  — Allie Weintraub, ABC News, 4 Oct. 2023
• This helps the animal survive when food and fresh water are sparse.
  — Richard Johnson, The Conversation, 22 Aug. 2022
• In Maui, much of the fresh water comes from a series of streams that run out of the mountains and eventually into the ocean.
  — Shawn Hubler, New York Times, 20 Aug. 2023
• The state’s fresh water legally resides in a public trust for the benefit of the people of Hawaii.
  — Shawn Hubler, New York Times, 20 Aug. 2023
• Don’t forget to make fresh water available at all times.
  — Dallas News, 21 Dec. 2022
• The Great Lakes' frigid fresh water used to keep shipwrecks so well preserved that divers could see dishes in the cupboards.
  — CBS News, 23 Sep. 2023

Last Updated: 3 Nov 2024