How to Use irrigate in a Sentence

irrigate

verb

• The surgeon irrigated the wound.
• Deep and slow watering is the best way to irrigate trees.
  — Debbie Arrington, sacbee, 30 Mar. 2018
• Most of them are farmers who are using the water to irrigate their fields.
  — Kathleen Gray, chicagotribune.com, 4 Apr. 2018
• The water could also be used to irrigate crops in lunar greenhouses.
  — NBC News, 13 Mar. 2018
• The rest would go mostly to irrigate golf courses and water landscaping.
  — Lauren Ritchie, OrlandoSentinel.com, 29 Apr. 2018
• Drier weather is here; irrigate lawns when wilting is noted on permitted days.
  — Tom MacCubbin, OrlandoSentinel.com, 28 Apr. 2018
• Save water by irrigating trees and shrubs separately from lawns and only when needed.
  — Tom MacCubbin, OrlandoSentinel.com, 28 Apr. 2018
• Pablo prunes and irrigates the almond and pistachio trees and applies the chemicals that cannot be applied by helicopter.
  — Aaron Gilbreath, Longreads, 6 Feb. 2018
• The central government is exultant, since the project which irrigates Beijing was built at vast cost and against some opposition.
  — The Economist, 5 Apr. 2018
• To prevent the disease, irrigate or water with low-volume sprinklers or drip irrigation to keep from splashing the foliage with water.
  — Margaret Lauterbach, idahostatesman, 26 Apr. 2018
• For decades, authorities diverted the rivers that fed the landlocked Aral Sea to irrigate fields.
  — Chris Mooney, chicagotribune.com, 17 May 2018
• As a youth, Dicochea labored briefly as a farmworker, irrigating fields in the Yuma Valley.
  — Washington Post, 10 Mar. 2018
• The interaction of lava and seawater has created a cloud of steam laced with hydrochloric acid and fine glass particles that can irrigate the skin and eyes and cause breathing problems.
  — Washington Post, 20 May 2018
• By the 1770s, the village was thriving, with a church, markets, ranches and farm fields irrigated by acequias that carried water from the creek and the river.
  — Scott Huddleston, San Antonio Express-News, 30 Apr. 2018
• Edible plants may be irrigated any day as needed, under Sacramento’s new water restrictions.
  — Debbie Arrington, sacbee, 23 Mar. 2018
• In 2006, Pueblo West agreed to irrigate and revive the land.
  — New York Times, 3 Jan. 2021
• At the time, the family was building a 1,600-foot dam on the land to irrigate rice.
  — Sara Novak, Discover Magazine, 30 Nov. 2023
• In the 1800s, the Yowlumne Yokuts used ditches to irrigate crops in their villages, and gathered wild seeds and acorns.
  — Ian James Staff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 9 Dec. 2021
• But the canals worked just as well to irrigate poppies - which were much more profitable to grow.
  — Craig Whitlock, Anchorage Daily News, 9 Dec. 2019
• After the grapes have been picked, the vineyard needs power to process them and irrigate.
  — Ivan Penn, New York Times, 24 Oct. 2019
• Some farmers had to irrigate their corn that year, and Andy can tell where the water ran out.
  — Tommy Birch, USA TODAY, 9 Aug. 2022
• From there, a growing number of users in the Verde Valley suck it from the ditch to irrigate their fields or lawns.
  — Joan Meiners, The Arizona Republic, 16 Nov. 2022
• During the heat waves, Gingerich has needed to irrigate more to keep the trees healthy.
  — Ian James, AZCentral.com, 1 Jan. 2021
• In the years since, the farmland over the Ogallala once again flourished as farmers drew from the aquifer to irrigate their fields.
  — Coral Davenport, BostonGlobe.com, 18 Feb. 2023
• To establish plantings, be sure to drip irrigate the root ball margin and out from there, not at the base of the main stem.
  — Lynlee Austell, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 July 2022
• The current owners installed a 1,000-foot-deep well to irrigate the grounds.
  — Boston.com Real Estate, 11 Sep. 2019
• The land is originally desert, but the first owner irrigates it and soon the desert blooms.
  — Zoe Greenberg, New York Times, 25 May 2018
• The rooftop is solar-ready, the garage is wired for an electric-car charger, and the yard is irrigated.
  — Bang Staff and Correspondents, The Mercury News, 10 June 2019
• The small family farm also uses water from an onsite pond for irrigating the orchard, which is also holding its own, Buppert said.
  — Sherry Greenfield, Baltimore Sun, 10 July 2024
• The river and its major tributaries provide drinking water and power for 40 million people, irrigate millions of acres that feed the country and provide crucial habitat for thousands of species.
  — Elise Schmelzer, The Denver Post, 18 July 2024

Last Updated: 27 Oct 2024