How to Use water cycle in a Sentence

water cycle

noun

• Then, run a hot-water cycle, which will help wash away grease and grime in the machine.
  — Maya McDowell, House Beautiful, 15 Feb. 2019
• The water cycle is aided by wind, but does the rain help to create winds?
  — Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics, 22 June 2020
• Research shows that as the planet gets warmer, the water cycle is changing.
  — Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 4 Mar. 2022
• In the water cycle, what comes out of us eventually goes back in.
  — Nathaniel Scharping, Discover Magazine, 22 Mar. 2017
• The splash pad is also equipped with a button that visitors can push to turn on a timed water cycle.
  — Kolbie Peterson, The Salt Lake Tribune, 30 June 2021
• Alice and Lois Give students a brush-up on the water cycle by setting shaving-cream clouds on top of a glass of water.
  — Marisa Lascala, Good Housekeeping, 1 June 2022
• In short, a warmer climate amplifies the water cycle and means more intense storms.
  — Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 22 Aug. 2023
• Gold breaks loose from streamside banks and bottoms with each high-water cycle, landing in places where the water slows down.
  — Peter Reese, Popular Mechanics, 27 Aug. 2020
• In other words, the sponge city would replicate the natural water cycle.
  — Time, 20 Oct. 2022
• In the way that Earth has a water cycle of rain and evaporation, frigid Titan has a methane cycle and lakes of the liquid stuff.
  — Scott K. Johnson, Ars Technica, 21 Nov. 2019
• But the city is designed in ways that shunt water away from its natural water cycle.
  — David Hochman, Forbes, 21 June 2021
• In their study, Andrault and Bolfan-Casanova show that mantle rain could be enough to keep the deep water cycle in balance.
  — Theo Nicitopoulos, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 June 2022
• That spacecraft landed at the north pole of Mars, studied the planet's water cycle, and even observed snowfall.
  — Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 26 Nov. 2018
• Next, wash as normal in a warm water cycle with detergent.
  — Anna Halkidis, Parents, 9 Mar. 2024
• Sprinkle 1 cup of baking soda along the bottom of your dishwasher and rinse on a hot-water cycle.
  — Sara Clark, Country Living, 23 May 2019
• In the Humboldt Current, cold nutrient-rich water cycles upward from the ocean depths.
  — Mindy Weisberger, CNN, 26 Sep. 2024
• Filtering the water is the only way to get such plastics out of the water cycle - the new filter is recyclable and filters 90% of the output.
  — Felicia Jackson, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2021
• These changes are altering the water cycle and rainfall patterns, bringing more flooding and drought and causing sea level to rise and the ocean warm.
  — Ankit Mishra, Forbes, 8 Aug. 2022
• That’s because these regions are home to a huge amount of biodiversity and play a major role in the planet’s air and water cycle.
  — Umair Irfan, Vox, 5 July 2019
• The report, which comes from the United Nations, also showed how the extremes of water—floods, shortages and droughts—are linked to the natural water cycle.
  — Vidhisha Samarasekara, Scientific American, 31 Jan. 2023
• In its simplest terms, Earth’s water cycle is the endless process that connects water in all its different forms.
  — Allison Futterman, Discover Magazine, 3 Mar. 2022
• If this deep water cycle between the mantle and the surface is in balance, Earth’s sea level remains stable.
  — Theo Nicitopoulos, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 June 2022
• Essentially, the study fills in some gaps in a theory about a lunar water cycle.
  — Jackie Wattles, CNN, 27 Mar. 2023
• As the climate warms, Earth's water cycle will increasingly tend to reach more extremes.
  — Ryan W. Miller, USA TODAY, 9 Aug. 2021
• Falling rain and snow are essential parts of Earth's water cycle, which moves water and heat energy around Earth.
  — Tom Yulsman, Discover Magazine, 1 Mar. 2015
• Climate change is throwing Earth’s water cycle into chaos across the country as the planet continues to warm.
  — Elizabeth Both, NBC News, 26 Feb. 2024
• Plants are the primary regulators of the water cycle, responsible for 60 percent of the flow of water from the land to the atmosphere.
  — Stephen Leahy, National Geographic, 4 Nov. 2019
• Climate change is throwing the water cycle into chaos across the U.S., with shifting patterns in mountainous parts of the country liable to cause rivers to run at extreme highs — and lows.
  — Nick Duffy, NBC News, 25 Feb. 2024
• By reducing the solar energy that reaches the earth’s surface, aerosols reduce evaporation and slow the water cycle that governs where, when, and how much rain falls.
  — Veerabhadran Ramanathan, Foreign Affairs, 16 Feb. 2016
• Disruptions to the water cycle are already causing suffering.
  — Laura Paddison, CNN, 16 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 25 Dec 2024