How to Use waterline in a Sentence
waterline
noun- We repaired the hull below the waterline.
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The blast ripped a 40-foot hole in the hull at the waterline.
— Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 4 Jan. 2019 -
On a nice night, leave time to stroll down to the waterline.
— Marc Bona, cleveland.com, 31 Aug. 2017 -
The clouds mingle with fog that rolls down to the waterline like white gauze.
— Michael R. Shea, Outdoor Life, 11 Feb. 2020 -
The frilly tops of acai palms bob like drowned corpses just below the waterline.
— Anthony Faiola, Washington Post, 28 June 2019 -
The migrant had tried to scale down the U.S. side of the barrier and got stuck above the waterline, the agency said.
— Fox News, 1 Jan. 2021 -
The helicopter damaged a safety net and struck the hull of the ship above the waterline.
— Andrew Dyer, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Apr. 2021 -
The dark hull of the submarine rose a few inches above the waterline.
— Rachel Lance, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 Mar. 2020 -
When the waterline inevitably dips again in the future, the city will be waiting for them.
— Gabe Allen, Discover Magazine, 28 June 2022 -
Either use it in your waterline or in the corner of the eye for bigger, brighter eyes.
— Angela Trakoshis, Allure, 21 Sep. 2022 -
On the bottom of her eye, a faint line wings out from the corner of her waterline for a double-lined look.
— Gabi Thorne, Allure, 13 Sep. 2021 -
Out on the road to the old air strip, cabins that once sat 60 feet or more from the waterline now have waves lapping at their doorsteps.
— Alaska Dispatch News, 9 Oct. 2017 -
For this look, Philips also drew black eyeliner in the waterline of the eye.
— Kathleen Hou, The Cut, 26 Sep. 2017 -
The waterline will be fully emptied to determine the cause of the break.
— Angela Cordoba Perez, The Arizona Republic, 11 May 2022 -
The Glen Canyon Dam itself towered more than 150 feet above the waterline.
— Abrahm Lustgarten, ProPublica, 22 Dec. 2022 -
The serrated slopes appear to crumble all the way down to the waterline.
— Daniel Otis, Sunset, 22 Jan. 2018 -
The ships were rafted together, sunk in place, then burned to the waterline.
— John Kelly, Washington Post, 7 Aug. 2019 -
Most of the hull below the ship's waterline survived intact, along with parts of the upper hull.
— Kiona N. Smith, Ars Technica, 2 Aug. 2019 -
On July 2, a shirt was found by the waterline at Four Freedoms Park.
— Andrea Cavallier, NBC News, 4 Aug. 2020 -
Apply white or beige liner along the waterline or pop on an eye mask to help.
— Sarah Ferguson, Marie Claire, 11 Dec. 2018 -
The Spanish coast guard shared a photo on Twitter showing the men perched just above the boat's waterline.
— Abigail Adams, Peoplemag, 29 Nov. 2022 -
There are also traces of the chocolate brown eye shadow in a cat-eye shape on her lid and below the waterline.
— Gabi Thorne, Allure, 12 Jan. 2022 -
These pencils glide onto the lids and waterline and come in eight vibrant shades.
— Angela Trakoshis, Allure, 26 Aug. 2022 -
Then plumbers laying a waterline trench near 770 came across a section of the tunnel.
— Curbed, 10 Jan. 2024 -
The Golden Ray has a draft, or depth from waterline to keel bottom when the ship is fully loaded, of over 31 feet.
— Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics, 28 Feb. 2020 -
Next, rim the upper waterline with a black waterproof pencil and smudge with the brush.
— Amber Kallor, WSJ, 1 Oct. 2022 -
To make the blue pop, apply a black liner in your upper waterline and a soft pink shadow on your lid.
— Katie Intner, Harper's BAZAAR, 22 July 2022 -
Most of the damage is below the waterline, including a large gash near the keel, Aucoin said.
— baltimoresun.com, 18 June 2017 -
Interestingly, the team found that all of the snakes faced the river, and were engraved where its waterline would have been two millennia ago.
— Christian Thorsberg, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 June 2024 -
Tons of thick black eyeliner on her upper and lower lashlines, including her waterlines, made her eyes smolder even more.
— Kara Nesvig, Allure, 6 May 2024
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