How to Use waterway in a Sentence

waterway

noun
  • The red and white stripes symbolize the roads and waterways of the state.
    Olivia Munson, The Courier-Journal, 5 Jan. 2024
  • The Pine Creek Trail slips down through the woods to join the slender waterway that carved the mighty bridge.
    Roger Naylor, The Arizona Republic, 5 July 2023
  • The search is focused on the northern shore of the waterway.
    Kerry Breen, CBS News, 26 Oct. 2023
  • The waterway has been there since the 1930s and was rehabbed for the new attraction.
    Dewayne Bevil, Orlando Sentinel, 11 Jan. 2023
  • But now some of those waterway dreams seem set to run aground.
    CNN, 14 Aug. 2022
  • Since the fish is a cold-water species, warmer waterways is bad news.
    Jake Frederico, The Arizona Republic, 12 Aug. 2023
  • This isn’t the first time Rooster has pulled his belongings in a cart up the side of the waterway.
    Elena Bruess, San Antonio Express-News, 13 Oct. 2021
  • At least 20 percent of the world’s crude oil is moved through the strategic waterway.
    Missy Ryan, Washington Post, 3 Aug. 2023
  • The waterway, which originates in the Rocky Mountains, is a key source of the water we and our crops drink.
    Ryan Fonsecastaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 27 Jan. 2023
  • The mouth of the Columbia River is one of the world’s most perilous waterways.
    Mark Yost, WSJ, 18 Aug. 2023
  • For her, access to a clean and healthy waterway is a human right.
    Washington Post, 1 Nov. 2021
  • Some 20% of the world’s oil passes through the narrow waterway connecting the Persian Gulf to the wider world.
    Jon Gambrell, Anchorage Daily News, 1 Aug. 2023
  • Rent a pontoon boat to or take out a kayak on the waterways to see the area's unique rock formations from the water.
    Jordyn Noennig, Journal Sentinel, 28 June 2024
  • After all, this was a small waterway in the heart of a major urban area.
    Corey Buhay, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 July 2022
  • Right now, invasive species trees block a view of the waterway.
    Alixel Cabrera, The Salt Lake Tribune, 27 Mar. 2022
  • The series will host seven more races this year, starting on the waterways of Venice on May 12.
    J. George Gorant, Robb Report, 9 May 2024
  • Water comes from drains above them and from the waterway leading out from the tunnel.
    Elena Bruess, San Antonio Express-News, 13 Oct. 2021
  • The film opens as a car cruises along the highway at night, the Río skyline across the waterway as soft music trails the travel.
    Holly Jones, Variety, 30 Nov. 2023
  • But the waterway and the passing centuries had prevailed over the ancient stone.
    Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 23 Feb. 2024
  • The Bear Creek Maroons built their first settlement around 1780, at the southern end of the waterway.
    Matthew Hutson, The New Yorker, 21 July 2023
  • How do the elements that come from the disparate landscapes of the Veneto—the plains, the waterways, the lagoons—make their way to the market?
    Jessica Carbone, Saveur, 3 Oct. 2024
  • The tree removal is part of an effort to clean up sewage overflows from the Pleasant Run waterway that runs through the park.
    Sarah Bowman, The Indianapolis Star, 22 Feb. 2024
  • To keep the peace, these dirt bikes of the sea are banned from many lakes, rivers, and other waterways altogether.
    WIRED, 18 Nov. 2023
  • Many of the city’s larger waterways—such as the Giudecca and Grand canals—still have enough water in them to allow boats to get around.
    Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 Feb. 2023
  • Hansen isn't in the midst of moving the canoe from one waterway to another.
    Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 3 Oct. 2021
  • The turf fades and cracks overtime, the letter states, which can cause small bits of plastic to enter waterways.
    Stephanie Lam, The Mercury News, 27 Feb. 2024
  • The beach campsites that line the Gulf side of the waterway offer an airy respite from the dense confines of the interior.
    New York Times, 21 Feb. 2022
  • The mountainsides provide the dairy and the beautiful cheese, and the lagoons feed the waterways, which feed the very fertile plains.
    Jessica Carbone, Saveur, 3 Oct. 2024
  • The invasive reed will choke riparian habitat, threatening the native plants and wildlife that rely on the desert waterways.
    Shaun McKinnon, The Arizona Republic, 4 Nov. 2024
  • The invasive mussels form heavy encrustations that could block waterways, as well as harm native species and diminish water quality, the officials write in the statement.
    Alexa Robles-Gil, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Nov. 2024

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