How to Use bilge in a Sentence

bilge

noun

• That magazine prints a lot of bilge about celebrities.
• The men had to sleep on the deck because the bilge backed up and the smell was so bad.
  — Roxanne Washington, cleveland.com, 25 Mar. 2018
• But if the bilge filled up and the bilge pump failed, that would leave the motor submerged.
  — Ian McNanie, Popular Mechanics, 20 Mar. 2018
• Crocs and Kevlar gloves and weapons-grade sunglasses slosh around the bilge.
  — Ben Lowy, Smithsonian, 23 May 2018
• But the escape hatches were still sealed; the bilge pumps hadn’t been used; the air hatches were closed.
  — Carl Engelking, Discover Magazine, 23 Aug. 2017
• The whalemen spend several days cleaning the ship and themselves, from the bilges to the top of the mainmast.
  — Longreads, 21 Sep. 2017
• A friend of one of my daughters helped move furniture and brought over a bilge pump.
  — Tim Woodward, idahostatesman, 19 May 2017
• Carman replaced a bilge pump and also removed two trim tabs from the rear of the boat and sealed holes with epoxy.
  — Dave Altimari, courant.com, 4 Sep. 2019
• Allain took off in a skiff for Christensen while the Mork sisters tried to keep the boat afloat, Betty at the wheel and Marie on the bilge pump.
  — David Reamer, Anchorage Daily News, 10 Oct. 2022
• A cooler, a bilge pump, freezer packs and tubing will keep you and your baby cool.
  — Rob Goodier, Popular Mechanics, 15 Mar. 2017
• This allows the bilge to drain and helps prevent the spread of invasive plants and animals. ...
  — oregonlive, 19 Jan. 2020
• Drain all water from the boat, including the motors, bilge, live wells, and bait buckets.
  — Abigail Rosenthal, Chron, 6 Aug. 2021
• Down in the bilge, in a duffel bag, were a radio, sextant, compass and clock, in case of emergency.
  — The Economist, 29 Aug. 2020
• The young adult male, which rescuers named Gilbert, was drinking water from a boat's bilge pump at the marina.
  — David Goodhue, Sun-Sentinel.com, 7 July 2018
• Sailors of yore sang to pass the time and to coordinate their efforts in hoisting sails and anchors, and manning the bilge pumps.
  — David Sharp, Star Tribune, 29 Jan. 2021
• The sailor cleaning bilge tanks was in a SEAL selection class in the winter of 2021, when the ocean was especially cold.
  — Dave Philipps, New York Times, 9 Dec. 2022
• The researchers found pieces of the ships, including bronze nails, lead pipes from a bilge pump and parts of a large iron anchor, likely broken in a storm.
  — Livia Gershon, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 Dec. 2021
• The time Microsoft’s chatbot Tay was trained by Twitter users to parrot racist bilge.
  — Tad Friend, The New Yorker, 7 May 2018
• The bilge pumps were not operational, and the AAV began taking on water.
  — Samantha Hendrickson, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 12 Aug. 2021
• The plant often hitches rides on boat propellers, in bilge water and on floatplane floats.
  — Author: Elizabeth Earl, Anchorage Daily News, 20 June 2019
• Waves were breaking over the vessel's bow while the Coast Guard was towing it to the Tillamook Bar, and its bilges became full of water by around 4:50 a.m., according to the agency.
  — Jim Ryan, OregonLive.com, 8 June 2017
• In a building across a gully was a wooden rowboat, its blue paint peeling and prickly pear cactus growing in the bilge.
  — Washington Post, 4 Feb. 2022
• So Systrom gathered a team to sort through massive piles of bilge, buffoonery, and low-grade extortion on the platform.
  — WIRED, 14 Aug. 2017
• The loss of its transmission also affected the operation of the vehicle’s bilge pumps, the Marines said.
  — Andrew Dyer, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Mar. 2021
• The sharp drop in steam pressure also shut down both bilge pumps, so both passengers and crew worked strenuously as part of a bucket brigade to fight off the rising water.
  — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 6 Dec. 2022
• When the AAVs did enter the ocean, one began taking on water from multiple spots, as the transmission failed and bilge pumps were overwhelmed, causing the vehicle to sink.
  — Oren Liebermann, CNN, 7 Oct. 2021
• This includes bilge drains, cooler compartments, baitwells and livewells.
  — Arkansas Online, 21 Oct. 2025
• My smuggling vessel thrashed violently back and forth, swamped to the point of sinking, with the bilge pumps set to overdrive.
  — Martin Suarez, Rolling Stone, 13 Sep. 2025
• Wastewater and bilge drained into the bay.
  — Steven Rosenfeld, Mercury News, 6 Sep. 2025
• Then all at once Finley was up and pushing against my chest, spluttering between us what looked like a gallon of sea bilge.
  — Charna Flam, People.com, 25 Aug. 2025