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
• Since the fish is a cold-water species, warmer waterways is bad news.
  — Jake Frederico, The Arizona Republic, 12 Aug. 2023
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• In all, five bags were found in the intra-coastal waterway within the city limits in Delray Beach, said Det.
  — Cara Tabachnick, CBS News, 3 Aug. 2023
• The cleanliness of the U.K.’s waterways ranks at the bottom of lists of European countries.
  — Richie Duchon, NBC News, 2 Oct. 2023
• That’s about to change, because in 2024, this region is set to welcome an influx of cruise lines, keen to make the most of the region’s hard-to-reach waterways.
  — Cnt Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 15 Nov. 2023
• After major flooding during the 1920s, the city turned the waterway into a drainage ditch.
  — Robert Annis, Travel + Leisure, 2 Feb. 2024
• The language spoken on both sides of the strait—an internal waterway?
  — Virginia Heffernan, WIRED, 21 Mar. 2023
• One study out of the Netherlands found that organic dairy farms caused less damage to our waterways.
  — Ali Francis, Bon Appétit, 19 Sep. 2023
• So in 1829, a new lighthouse was built at its current location where a Coast Guard station and the lighthouse watch over one of the busiest waterways in the world.
  — Jamie L. Lareau, Detroit Free Press, 16 Mar. 2023
• Iran backed away from the threat, with the U.S. closely monitoring the waterway for signs of disruption.
  — Bysteve Mollman, Fortune, 8 Oct. 2023
• Despite these strikes, the Houthis have promised to continue their attacks in the vital waterway.
  — Eleanor Watson, CBS News, 17 Jan. 2024
• Even without that, a shutdown of the Strait of Hormuz that lies south of Iran could also shake the oil market because so much of the world’s supplies goes through the waterway.
  — Matthew Daly, Fortune, 20 Oct. 2023
• Fish in a nearby waterway had already been found dead on Monday.
  — Prem Thakker, The New Republic, 8 Feb. 2023
• Renting an easy-to-drive Duffy Boat and navigating the local waterways at 5 mph is also a great way to spend a day.
  — Nina Ruggiero, Travel + Leisure, 25 Oct. 2023
• Some boat owners might drive deep into a waterway and then leave it floating.
  — Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 27 June 2023
• As the name suggests, flash floods can result in rivers, streams and other waterways rapidly increasing in depth and speed.
  — Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 19 Aug. 2023

Last Updated: 7 May 2024