Examples of dry wash in a Sentence
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Sleeping in dry washes and dry riverbeds, especially in an area that can have flash floods, can easily put you in the direct path of a rush of water if a storm hits in the middle of the night.
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Diana Helmuth, Outdoor Life, 29 Nov. 2023
Since soils are already saturated, any heavy rain could bring flash flooding to slot canyons, normally dry washes and areas near recent burn scars, the weather service said.
—Kolbie Peterson, The Salt Lake Tribune, 3 Sep. 2023
The areas most likely to see flooding are slot canyons, normally dry washes, areas near recent burn scars and areas with poor drainage.
—Scott D. Pierce, The Salt Lake Tribune, 21 Aug. 2023
The greatest danger is slot canyons, normally dry washes and areas near recent burn scars.
—Scott D. Pierce, The Salt Lake Tribune, 3 Aug. 2023
The river bed — a dry wash with small water pools in many sections — has widened and has plenty of invasive salt cedar, also called tamarisk.
—The Arizona Republic, 30 June 2023
On Tuesday night, the Mystic Hills Lift Station, south of uptown Sedona, reported spilling 22,000 gallons of raw sewage into an unnamed dry wash that discharges about 1,000 feet downstream from the station into Oak Creek.
—Lacey Latch, The Arizona Republic, 1 Apr. 2023
Missteps dogged the clean up after a pipeline failure released 400 barrels into a dry wash in Dixie National Forest outside Escalante, emails show.
—Brian Maffly, The Salt Lake Tribune, 21 July 2022
Piles of coal blacken the hillsides leading into this former mining town and stain the red earth in the arroyo, a dry wash that runs between rows of old miners’ cabins.
—Washington Post, 9 Jan. 2022
Diana Helmuth, Outdoor Life, 29 Nov. 2023
Since soils are already saturated, any heavy rain could bring flash flooding to slot canyons, normally dry washes and areas near recent burn scars, the weather service said.
—Kolbie Peterson, The Salt Lake Tribune, 3 Sep. 2023
The areas most likely to see flooding are slot canyons, normally dry washes, areas near recent burn scars and areas with poor drainage.
—Scott D. Pierce, The Salt Lake Tribune, 21 Aug. 2023
The greatest danger is slot canyons, normally dry washes and areas near recent burn scars.
—Scott D. Pierce, The Salt Lake Tribune, 3 Aug. 2023
The river bed — a dry wash with small water pools in many sections — has widened and has plenty of invasive salt cedar, also called tamarisk.
—The Arizona Republic, 30 June 2023
On Tuesday night, the Mystic Hills Lift Station, south of uptown Sedona, reported spilling 22,000 gallons of raw sewage into an unnamed dry wash that discharges about 1,000 feet downstream from the station into Oak Creek.
—Lacey Latch, The Arizona Republic, 1 Apr. 2023
Missteps dogged the clean up after a pipeline failure released 400 barrels into a dry wash in Dixie National Forest outside Escalante, emails show.
—Brian Maffly, The Salt Lake Tribune, 21 July 2022
Piles of coal blacken the hillsides leading into this former mining town and stain the red earth in the arroyo, a dry wash that runs between rows of old miners’ cabins.
—Washington Post, 9 Jan. 2022
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“Dry wash.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dry%20wash. Accessed 26 Apr. 2024.
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