silted

Definition of siltednext
past tense of silt

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for silted
Verb
  • In August 2022, 10 miners died when the El Pinabete coal mine in Coahuila flooded.
    Greg Norman-Diamond, FOXNews.com, 9 Apr. 2026
  • Now in the midst of prom season preparations, Atiana’s owner Sumit Tandon said his store has been flooded with customers.
    Tribune News Service, Baltimore Sun, 9 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • You’ll be served your second drink (of four in total) in an evocative atmosphere filled with colonial-style architecture, actors dressed as 19th-century factory workers, and a mariachi band.
    Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 7 Apr. 2026
  • Every team wants certain types of players or positions filled, of course.
    Paul Dehner Jr, New York Times, 7 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • Recruiters are inundated with applications as a result.
    Solo Ceesay, Rolling Stone, 10 Apr. 2026
  • At a city council meeting this week, Commissioner Patty Sheehan said crews are doing their best, but are inundated with work.
    Ryan Gillespie, The Orlando Sentinel, 8 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • The Beach is glutted with souvenir shops and rental car outlets, the study found, but lacks auto and household supply stores, bookstores and service stations.
    Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 27 Feb. 2026
  • This year, holiday gatherings were scrapped, the single father’s Christmas budget was slashed in half, and his credit cards were glutted from months of futile efforts to keep up with the rising cost of living.
    Alicia Wallace, CNN Money, 31 Dec. 2025
Verb
  • To be of much use to radio astronomers, any spaceborne observatory would need to be exquisitely sensitive—so sensitive, in fact, that its observations would be inevitably swamped by telecommunications emanating from Earth.
    Joseph Howlett, Scientific American, 8 Apr. 2026
  • Eclipses allow scientists to study the sun's wispy outer atmosphere, known as the corona, which is usually swamped by our star's immense brightness.
    Mike Wall, Space.com, 7 Apr. 2026
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“Silted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/silted. Accessed 12 Apr. 2026.

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