How to Use waterborne in a Sentence

waterborne

adjective

• In the wake of the tragedy, the Marines suspended all waterborne operations of its decades-old AAV fleet.
  — Andrew Dyer, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Mar. 2021
• Some schools do not have the budget to test for Legionella and other waterborne risks.
  — Max Horberry, New York Times, 28 Aug. 2020
• One problem: The roof rack of your Mini Cooper isn’t big enough to hold a tricycle, let alone a full-sized waterborne vessel.
  — Aaron Rowe, WIRED, 13 July 2010
• As the long morning gave way to afternoon, more boats arrived and a sort of waterborne refugee camp took shape, with a population of more than 2,500.
  — Hereward Holland, National Geographic, 12 Sep. 2016
• As the long morning gave way to afternoon, more boats arrived and a sort of waterborne refugee camp took shape, with a population of more than 2,500.
  — Hereward Holland, National Geographic, 12 Sep. 2016
• Boiling water kills waterborne germs by pulling their structures apart with high heat.
  — Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics, 19 Feb. 2021
• Both seasons take place over the course of a week, begin with the revelation of a mysterious death and then flash back to the guests' waterborne arrivals.
  — Kelly Lawler, USA TODAY, 24 Oct. 2022
• Now people are facing floods there that have caused an outbreak of waterborne diseases.
  — Munir Ahmed, BostonGlobe.com, 2 Sep. 2022
• Greater flooding risk may bring greater emotional stress, along with mold and waterborne disease.
  — Morgan Greene, chicagotribune.com, 20 Apr. 2021
• The case is the latest in a series of infections attributed to the waterborne illness since January.
  — oregonlive, 15 Oct. 2021
• The World Health Organization has warned of a second catastrophe in the form of a health crisis with waterborne diseases.
  — Peter Bergen, CNN, 2 Oct. 2022
• The incessant rainfall in the provinces of Sindh and Baluchistan has submerged whole communities, and the threat of cholera, dengue and other waterborne diseases looms.
  — Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 20 Sep. 2022
• This puts them at higher risk of waterborne diseases, including cholera.
  — Annalisa Merelli, Quartz, 17 Oct. 2022
• Air quality is also a concern, along with the outbreak of waterborne diseases.
  — Sarah Ferguson, Forbes, 19 Jan. 2022
• The law says waterborne cargo between U.S. points must be carried by ships that are primarily built, owned and crewed by Americans.
  — The Editorial Board, WSJ, 27 Sep. 2022
• Extreme poverty makes life difficult here, and H.I.V. and waterborne illness are rife.
  — Peg Tyre, New York Times, 27 June 2017
• There's also a severe threat of waterborne illness due to stagnant subway water and bodies in the water supply.
  — Nick Schager, EW.com, 13 Sep. 2021
• But receding waters threaten a new challenge in the form of waterborne infectious diseases, Sharif said.
  — Reuters, NBC News, 7 Sep. 2022
• This small but mighty tube makes just about any body of water drinkable thanks to its ability to remove over 99% of waterborne bacteria and protozoan parasites.
  — Jaimie Potters, Harper's BAZAAR, 7 June 2022
• Heavy downpours of rain are a major risk for outbreaks of waterborne diseases, particularly for people who get water from wells, which is almost all of the rural U.S.
  — Abc News, ABC News, 10 Aug. 2022
• His department was charged with protecting the public from cholera, the deadly waterborne infectious disease.
  — Praduman Jain, Forbes, 15 Nov. 2021
• Until the advent of sewer systems and water treatment, Marr said, people accepted deadly waterborne diseases as a basic fact of life.
  — Jacob Stern, The Atlantic, 13 Oct. 2021
• Adding chlorine to drinking water, per the CDC, kills germs and bacteria — and significantly reduces waterborne diseases such as cholera and typhoid.
  — Joshua Bote, USA TODAY, 3 Feb. 2020
• A day earlier, engineers had opened a key highway in the southwestern Baluchistan province, allowing rescue workers to speed aid to those suffering in a race against the spread of waterborne diseases and dengue fever.
  — Munir Ahmed, The Christian Science Monitor, 16 Sep. 2022
• Refineries there receive a combination of domestic and Canadian crude via pipeline, as well as waterborne imports from all over the world.
  — Robert Rapier, Forbes, 9 May 2021
• Such an approach led to urban sewers to stop the spread of waterborne diseases, mass vaccination campaigns to curtail smallpox and polio, and seat belt legislation to reduce road deaths.
  — Wired, 28 July 2022
• Of those, 51 deaths have been found to be hurricane-related, including two more recent deaths connected to waterborne illness, which the government confirmed this week.
  — John D. Sutter, CNN, 27 Oct. 2017
• Using rainwater out of barrels gave Méndez a waterborne kidney infection that landed her in the hospital for nearly three months.
  — Frances Robles, The Seattle Times, 14 Aug. 2018
• The United Nations on Wednesday expressed its concern over increasing cases of waterborne diseases among floods survivors.
  — Munir Ahmed, ajc, 21 Sep. 2022
• Malaria and other waterborne diseases are spiking, as are skin and chest infections from poor sanitation at makeshift displacement camps.
  — Susannah George, Washington Post, 29 Sep. 2022

Last Updated: 17 Jul 2024