How to Use oil slick in a Sentence

oil slick

noun

• But the size of the oil slick from the Sanchi — and the scale of the environmental toll — may be smaller.
  — Gerry Shih, USA TODAY, 8 Jan. 2018
• An oil slick several miles long and wide spread at the scene.
  — The Economist, 18 Jan. 2018
• This was their way out, hand-over-hand across 70 feet of rope above a burning oil slick.
  — Shaun McKinnon, USA TODAY, 18 Feb. 2020
• Search-and-rescue teams spotted an oil slick in the area where the sub went missing.
  — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 22 Apr. 2021
• Experts say wind, waves and tides can all steer an oil slick, which is a thin layer that sits on the surface of the ocean.
  — Hannah Fry, Los Angeles Times, 12 Oct. 2021
• Heavy winds are expected to push the oil slick even farther along the mainland’s shore.
  — Cara Anna, chicagotribune.com, 8 Aug. 2020
• Heavy winds are expected to push the oil slick even farther along the mainland's shore.
  — Cara Anna, Star Tribune, 8 Aug. 2020
• An oil slick was found near the position of the submarine's last dive, about 60 miles north of the island of Bali.
  — Haley Victory Smith, Washington Examiner, 25 Apr. 2021
• There’s been no conclusive evidence the oil slick was from the sub.
  — Fox News, 23 Apr. 2021
• Margono said the oil slick may have been caused by a crack in the submarine’s tank after the vessel sank.
  — Niniek Karmin, USA TODAY, 22 Apr. 2021
• Limniona is a dark red—nearly oxblood—that shines with hints of violet like an oil slick.
  — Marissa A. Ross, Bon Appétit, 28 Aug. 2019
• The oil slick, covering about 13 square miles, has forced beaches to close and put wildlife in grave danger.
  — CBS News, 4 Oct. 2021
• And speaking of oils, Dempsey is a big fan, but advises against those that make your face look like an oil slick.
  — Jessica Radlof, Glamour, 16 July 2021
• The oil slick is where the flavor is, fortified by the flintstone heat of chiles across long and short fibers of beef rendered soft in the long, slow braise.
  — Mike Sutter, ExpressNews.com, 3 Sep. 2020
• Trying to peg gas pump prices is like keeping an oil slick from spreading.
  — orlandosentinel.com, 8 Apr. 2022
• The Milwaukee River was flushed out with fresh water to keep a growing oil slick away from the nest.
  — Chris Foran, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 22 Apr. 2020
• Earlier footage showed huge clouds of thick smoke rising from the oil slick that had been burning for more than a week.
  — Christopher Bodeen, The Seattle Times, 15 Jan. 2018
• The government said the oil slick on the surface of the sea extended over an area of water equal to 320 football fields.
  — New York Times, 21 Jan. 2022
• Hardly any wreckage remained above the surface, but tug boats were using hoses to break up a small oil slick at the site.
  — Manasee Wagh, Popular Mechanics, 14 Mar. 2022
• Achieve a golden dew without looking like an oil slick.
  — Anna Tingley, Variety, 28 Oct. 2022
• Visible in the image is what may be an oil slick, as well as what could be containment booms.
  — Tom Yulsman, Discover Magazine, 21 Mar. 2013
• The Coast Guard quickly dispatched pilots who spotted an oil slick, a floating white cooler and a lone man — Mr. Wong, the nurse.
  — Michael Wilson, New York Times, 22 Dec. 2022
• Retention ponds were built to catch the erosion from the site, and Wilcox remembers when someone set fire to what looked like an oil slick on the surface of one of the ponds in the late ’70s.
  — Zak Podmore, The Salt Lake Tribune, 21 Nov. 2020
• About 3 million gallons of crude spewed into the ocean, creating an oil slick 35 miles long and killing thousands of birds, fish and sea wildlife.
  — Rob Nikolewski, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Nov. 2021
• Crews radioed the lost ship day after day, but nothing — no reply, no debris, not even an oil slick.
  — Tim Prudente, Washington Post, 15 Mar. 2018
• Dead fish and birds washed ashore as cleanup crews raced to contain the spill, which created an oil slick from Huntington Beach to Newport Beach.
  — New York Times, 9 Oct. 2021
• Brazilian television channels showed footage of oil slicks at sea and oil puddles along shores.
  — Mauricio Savarese, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Sep. 2019
• The several rivers that flow into the bay, strengthened by Tropical Storm Alberto's rains, pushed the oil slicks to more than 70 percent of the bay.
  — Mario J. Pentón, miamiherald, 7 June 2018
• So are oil slicks, El Niño events intensified by climate change and plastic waste.
  — Katherine Harmon Courage, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 Feb. 2023
• Aerial photographs taken in the aftermath of the storm show the luminescent sheen of oil slicks and other toxins spreading across the city.
  — Jacob Carter, STAT, 10 Nov. 2023

Last Updated: 28 Jul 2024