How to Use saltwater in a Sentence

saltwater

1 of 2 adjective
  • The Omega-3s are sourced from saltwater fish like pollock, salmon, and more.
    Alyssa Edwards, Discover Magazine, 3 Apr. 2024
  • During downtime, guests can use the saltwater pool and the open-air gym.
    Taylor McIntyre, Travel + Leisure, 21 June 2024
  • In saltwater fishing, the first concern is how well your reel will hold up to the elements.
    Max Inchausti, Field & Stream, 10 Apr. 2023
  • The 8-weight is an excellent choice for most saltwater fish, and the 11-weight is perfect for big tarpon.
    Ryan Chelius, Field & Stream, 1 June 2023
  • And since it’s located in Brewster, a Cape town known as much for its ponds and lakes as it for saltwater beaches, the arrangement makes sense.
    John R. Ellement, BostonGlobe.com, 24 May 2023
  • What’s more, there are very few lawns that require water, and most homes have saltwater toilets that keep them from flushing freshwater down the drain.
    Los Angeles Times, 5 Aug. 2022
  • It is made entirely of stainless steel, so even saltwater anglers don’t have to worry about rust.
    Max Inchausti, Field & Stream, 9 Jan. 2023
  • The fish is the Banggai cardinalfish, a small striped saltwater fish native to Indonesia.
    Patrick Whittle, BostonGlobe.com, 16 Aug. 2023
  • While the property features large upscale suites and a quirky cocktail bar, the crown jewel is its saltwater rooftop pool, which offers stunning panoramic views of the Hollywood Hills and rest of the city.
    Vanessa Wilkins, Travel + Leisure, 13 June 2024
  • Jubilees come in many forms, from events with just flounder or shrimp or crabs or saltwater catfish to bay bonanzas with all those creatures lined up in the shallowest water at the shore.
    David Rainer Alabama Department Of Conservation and Natural Resources, al, 10 Aug. 2023
  • The yellowfin tuna population is stable, and these fish are one of the most popular game species for saltwater anglers.
    David A. Brown, Field & Stream, 7 Mar. 2024
  • This recipe, from chef and angler Ford Fry, is perfect for saltwater species like snapper, grouper, or striped bass, but there’s no reason why a three-pound largemouth bass couldn’t be subbed in with fantastic results.
    The Editors, Field & Stream, 4 July 2024
  • Saturn’s small moon Enceladus is spraying its saltwater ocean into space.
    WIRED, 24 Dec. 2023
  • Inland bears eat lots of freshwater fish, while coastal bears eat saltwater fish, seaweed, razor clams, and the occasional dead sea mammal.
    Katie Hill, Outdoor Life, 30 May 2024
  • The sturdy construction helps battle the rigors of saltwater fishing.
    Alberto Knie, Field & Stream, 22 June 2023
  • One of the most ambitious attempts to raise saltwater fish made headlines last year, as a team from Japan showed early success in breeding bluefin tuna in captivity.
    Joe Cermele, Outdoor Life, 16 Aug. 2023
  • In places where saltwater jellyfish species interfere with fishing or get sucked into turbines, though, there’s major demand to do so.
    Jessica Leigh Hester, Wired, 22 May 2021
  • The animals almost went extinct in Australia as a surge in European demand spurred the widespread slaughter of saltwater crocodiles, whose skin is prized for its supple strength and scale patterns.
    Michael E. Miller, Washington Post, 15 Sep. 2023
  • Those fish -- caught in fresh and saltwater bodies across the state -- are analyzed in laboratories to determine how much of certain toxins a person might ingest by eating that fish.
    Dennis Pillion | Dpillion@al.com, al.com, 17 July 2019
  • Wildlife was plentiful — giant saltwater crocodiles, wallabies, dingoes, wild boar, and some 280 bird species live here.
    Drew Kluska, Travel + Leisure, 25 Nov. 2023
  • Surrounded by lush landscaping, the resort-style grounds are the perfect spot to kick back and relax at a saltwater infinity-edge pool with a water feature; a party room with a kitchen, bar and bath; and a poolside gathering room with a fireplace.
    Brenda Richardson, Forbes, 20 May 2021
  • There two main saltwater catfish species that inhabit inshore waters along the Atlantic and Gulf coasts–hardhead catfish and gafftop catfish—but these fish are typically viewed as bycatch by many anglers.
    Outdoor Life, 30 Nov. 2023
  • Officials said anyone who owns or sells saltwater aquariums should not use Caulerpa or dump aquariums into state waters.
    Kerry Breen, CBS News, 16 May 2024
  • The heaviest rod action is medium Finding a baitcasting rod, let alone a reel at an affordable price, is nearly impossible for saltwater anglers.
    Max Inchausti, Field & Stream, 13 June 2024
  • Although saltwater invasion of crucial groundwater supplies is a climate change problem around the world, richer nations can adapt more easily.
    Uzmi Athar, The Christian Science Monitor, 5 Apr. 2023
  • The more favorable river forecasts are a result of various factors, including the Corps' construction of what amounts to an underwater dam in Plaquemines to impede saltwater progress.
    Kevin McGill and Stephen Smith The Associated Press, Arkansas Online, 28 Oct. 2023
  • Some key features are: Material Corrosion is a much bigger issue with saltwater fishing.
    Allen Foster, Chicago Tribune, 10 Aug. 2023
  • As one of the most experienced midwives in the village, Shefali Bibi has seen firsthand how saltwater intrusion and malnutrition has imperiled pregnant women in her community.
    Denise Chow, NBC News, 7 May 2023
  • These pools are saltwater unless a different sanitation method is requested.
    Kathy Barnes, Better Homes & Gardens, 24 May 2024
  • Other contributors besides climate change can affect saltwater intrusion, such as how the river is dredged, seasonal variability, and other weather patterns such as El Niño.
    Isa Meyers, The Christian Science Monitor, 23 Oct. 2023
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salt water

2 of 2 noun
  • Most of the sport’s speed records were set on the salt water of Mission Bay.
    Bill Center, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 June 2023
  • The plant was a mangrove, a tree that thrives in salt water and grows in stands along the ocean’s edge.
    Michael Adno, Scientific American, 25 June 2024
  • And yes, it is indeed filled with salt water, just like the ocean.
    Kelly Corbett, House Beautiful, 14 Apr. 2021
  • Toss well to wet the cabbage pieces evenly with the salt water.
    Christina Tkacik, baltimoresun.com, 12 Apr. 2021
  • Sea moss is a type of seaweed that can be found in both fresh and salt water.
    Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 15 Dec. 2022
  • The bonsai, which Barnes tears in half and throws into the salt water, isn’t so lucky.
    Brian Moylan, Men's Health, 9 Sep. 2022
  • Then the rising seas poisoned the soil with salt water.
    Arkansas Online, 8 Nov. 2021
  • This was a hardy tree, unafraid of a little salt water.
    Zoë Schlanger, The Atlantic, 28 Mar. 2024
  • Black Jacks, a salt water taffy with a swirl of licorice in the center, were popular.
    Globe Columnist, BostonGlobe.com, 13 Feb. 2023
  • Wear clothes and shoes that can protect you from cuts and scrapes when in brackish or salt water.
    Leada Gore | Lgore@al.com, al, 17 Aug. 2021
  • Onboard The Dare, Trotta showed how items were kept in salt water in a bucket.
    Jay O'Brien, ABC News, 11 Nov. 2023
  • The storm surge lingered on some roads, smelling of salt water and gasoline; tree branches littered the street.
    Thomas Fuller, New York Times, 30 Aug. 2023
  • Its creators had to crush snails’ shells, extract their tiny glands, mix them with salt water and let the concoction steep in the sun, per the study.
    Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 June 2024
  • Rinse your mouth with salt water, mild mouthwash, or a mix of equal parts Milk of Magnesia.
    Amanda Gardner, Health, 21 Jan. 2024
  • Many of the trees were dead from salt water inundation.
    Ricky Carioti, Washington Post, 5 July 2024
  • Thus, the borough has a major river that comes from inland—the Hudson—to its west, and salt water on its east.
    Ian Frazier, The New Yorker, 15 July 2024
  • Lake Tambour became a map label in an open sea of salt water.
    Abrahm Lustgarten, ProPublica, 11 Apr. 2024
  • To make this dye, workers collected snails, crushed their shells and steeped the fragments with salt water.
    Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 13 June 2024
  • It is bathed in salt water, moves around as the head swivels and bobs, and it is equipped with immune defenses meant to wall off invaders.
    Christina Jewett, New York Times, 22 May 2024
  • Coral grows only in salt water, so the reef formed at an angle just outside the reach of fresh water coming out of the stream’s mouth.
    Júlia Ledur, Washington Post, 29 July 2024
  • If hot water isn’t available, use salt water rather than fresh.
    Nick Blackmer, Verywell Health, 29 June 2023
  • Some were high as his belt buckle despite the fact that the creatures needed salt water to survive.
    Ned Rozell | Alaska Science, Anchorage Daily News, 8 July 2023
  • IndyStar used the type of balloon used in the 2017 release and submerged the balloons in fresh and salt water, soil and compost.
    Sarah Bowman, The Indianapolis Star, 20 Apr. 2022
  • The two shove against each other, and usually, the Mississippi flows with enough force to keep the salt water out.
    Nancy Walecki, The Atlantic, 11 Oct. 2023
  • The heat and pressure created during pumping will turn the gas into a liquid that will mix with the salt water in the rock.
    Mark Schleifstein, NOLA.com, 18 Oct. 2020
  • If that’s not enough, there are two heated salt water pools and hot tubs with a hidden slide, jumping rock, and diving board.
    Emma Reynolds, Robb Report, 6 Apr. 2023
  • There was one post shared widely advising that gargling with warm salt water kills the virus.
    Laura Garcia, ExpressNews.com, 14 Jan. 2021
  • And then there’s the exposure to harmful UV rays and drying chlorine or salt water, which can put hair health at risk.
    Lauren Valenti, Vogue, 4 June 2021
  • The fake sharks, which had been tested in a freshwater tank, malfunctioned in salt water.
    Michael Schulman, The New Yorker, 24 July 2023
  • One video recommends soaking the berries in salt water, another in a solution of vinegar and water, and a third adds baking soda to the mix.
    Caroline Tien, SELF, 5 Sep. 2024

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