How to Use spillway in a Sentence

spillway

noun

• In 1997, the area was the scene of major flooding — the last time the spillway was used.
  — Louis Sahagun and Esmeralda Bermudez, Tampabay.com, 21 Feb. 2017
• The spillway was opened May 10 for the second time this year.
  — USA TODAY, 22 July 2019
• Last month, a body was found face-down in the water near the spillway.
  — Dallas News, 7 Apr. 2022
• The old spillway of Lake Frances also sits on the other side of the wall.
  — Mike Jones, Arkansas Online, 30 June 2021
• In under an hour, more than 50 walleye were shocked along the rocky, east bank all the way to the spillway.
  — kansascity, 12 Apr. 2018
• Plan to meet at the western end of Lower Shaker Lake on the bridge over the spillway.
  — cleveland, 13 Jan. 2023
• The boat got lodged on top of the spillway, Perry said, and did not have enough power to move away.
  — Christina Maxouris, CNN, 11 June 2021
• Look for the parking area on the left just before the reservoir spillway.
  — Peter Marteka, courant.com, 4 Feb. 2018
• Photos show the cub’s mad dash up and down the spillway — and into a corner.
  — Brooke Baitinger, Idaho Statesman, 23 Apr. 2024
• In 2000, water was lapping at the spillway gates of Hoover Dam.
  — Ian James, The Arizona Republic, 28 May 2021
• On a small lake or pond, this might be close to a spillway; on a stream this might be a slow inside bend.
  — Joe Cermele, Outdoor Life, 7 Feb. 2023
• The drag of the sand slows the pace, which in this case is a good thing because there’s plenty to see along the ephemeral desert spillway.
  — Mare Czinar, The Arizona Republic, 2 Mar. 2023
• In a bullhead pond, that might be the deep area near an old spillway or along a manmade berm.
  — Joe Cermele, Field & Stream, 20 Feb. 2023
• And third, the spillway hole is probably slightly above the bottom of the lake floor.
  — Rhett Allain, Wired, 31 May 2021
• In 2000, Lake Mead was nearly full and its surface was lapping at the spillway gates of the Hoover Dam.
  — Ian James, USA TODAY, 10 June 2021
• The rest of the spillway will be torn down and rebuilt after the current rainy season has passed.
  — Joseph Serna, latimes.com, 7 Apr. 2018
• Over the weekend, the lake topped off and the floodwaters then pounded through and over the spillways at the dam, an amazing sight.
  — Tom Stienstra, San Francisco Chronicle, 26 Mar. 2018
• The white bass and wiper bite has been decent around the stilling basin and spillway, and starting to pick up on the main reservoir.
  — Colorado Parks & Wildlife, The Denver Post, 7 May 2017
• Water first tumbled over the spillway a year after the completion of the dam in 1968.
  — Scott Smith, The Seattle Times, 14 June 2017
• Once approved, plans call for the construction of a 150-foot-wide spillway dam across one section of the lake.
  — Vanesa Brashier, Houston Chronicle, 26 Oct. 2017
• Engineers added a smaller spillway on the southwest side of the dam.
  — Popular Mechanics, 12 Jan. 2023
• But if the spillway is not built to a sufficient size or the pipes are too narrow for the strength of the storm, the water continues to rise.
  — James Glanz, New York Times, 16 Sep. 2023
• The spillway sending all that water could be shut off next week, but there's no telling how long the algae will linger.
  — Manuel Bojorquez, CBS News, 9 July 2019
• The dam authority will oversee and manage the park, which is near the old spillway of Lake Frances.
  — Mike Jones, Arkansas Online, 26 July 2021
• Her apartment is near a large spillway for stormwater into the Lake St. Clair.
  — Keith Matheny, Detroit Free Press, 29 Sep. 2017
• The path winds across Buck Brook, a crystal-clear stream that feeds the Portland Reservoir before winding through the woods and back to the dam and spillway.
  — Peter Marteka, courant.com, 17 May 2017
• The Oroville crisis began when a giant crater sprouted in the main spillway Feb. 7.
  — Dale Kasler, sacbee, 5 July 2017
• Booms outlined the shallow water, along with a tall stack of sand bags, as workers scurried around the floor of the spillway.
  — Matthias Gafni, SFChronicle.com, 10 Dec. 2020
• The water entering the spillway is then channeled to the lake by guide levees.
  — Blake Pontchartrain, NOLA.com, 21 Dec. 2020
• The vehicle was 20 feet below the road in the Hart Brook spillway, according to police.
  — Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 3 June 2024

Last Updated: 2 Oct 2024