How to Use basin in a Sentence

basin

noun

• The drone took off with a whir and flew to the far side of the basin.
  — Anna Canny, Anchorage Daily News, 13 Aug. 2023
• In the first clip, Wren was held over the basin as his full head of hair was washed.
  — Hannah Sacks, Peoplemag, 20 Nov. 2023
• In the first clip, Wren is held over the basin as his full head of hair gets washed.
  — Hannah Sacks, Peoplemag, 17 Oct. 2023
• And recharge basins such as the one on Lebow’s land aren’t the only way to sink water.
  — Erica Gies, Scientific American, 25 Oct. 2023
• But the basin may be down to its last few years of extractable water.
  — Fred Pearce, WIRED, 9 Mar. 2024
• The city also would get 5.76 acres along the north shore of the lagoon’s outer basin.
  — Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Dec. 2023
• So when the glacier is great enough to lift the glacier, the water escapes the basin and flows downstream, Jacobs said.
  — Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 7 Aug. 2023
• The 405 Freeway is the main artery linking the western part of the valley to the Los Angeles basin.
  — Phil Helsel, NBC News, 10 Apr. 2024
• There haven’t been any hurricanes so far in the Atlantic basin in 2023.
  — Leigh Morgan, al, 24 June 2023
• Others found their way to the basin as adults, fell in love with the country sunsets and never left.
  — Elvia Limón, Los Angeles Times, 7 July 2023
• The nearby wash basins are worse: no water and human feces on the floor.
  — Nick Paton Walsh, CNN, 15 Apr. 2023
• Researchers measure the water that flows off the hillside and into the basin.
  — Erica Gies, Scientific American, 25 Oct. 2023
• The Negro River drains about 10% of the Amazon basin and is the world’s sixth largest by water volume.
  — Fabiano Maisonnave, The Christian Science Monitor, 18 Oct. 2023
• With any luck, in a decade, this mountain basin will be rewilded.
  — Mark Jenkins, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 Apr. 2024
• As farmers are forced to sell off bits of their less-profitable lands, the agriculture in the basin might look a bit more like this.
  — oregonlive, 17 June 2023
• Overall, the weather service says 1 to 2 inches of rain is expected in the basin and up to 5 inches in the foothills.
  — Times Staff, Los Angeles Times, 19 Jan. 2024
• The basin is itself a former inland lake, called Lake Manly, which has long since dried up.
  — Phil Helsel, NBC News, 10 Feb. 2024
• The dam’s destruction killed dozens, partly drained the reservoir next to the power plant and flooded the Dnieper River basin.
  — Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online, 6 July 2023
• The growth in demand is driving plans to build a controversial rail line into the basin.
  — Tim Fitzpatrick, The Salt Lake Tribune, 18 Aug. 2023
• More than half the water consumed in the basin is used to grow livestock feed — and ultimately to put meat and dairy on our plates.
  — Sammy Roth, Los Angeles Times, 30 May 2023
• The bathroom is fit for a king, with twin basins, a walk-in shower, and a Japanese Toto toilet.
  — Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 7 Feb. 2024
• Mount and other experts point to the Tulare Lake basin as where flood concerns are highest.
  — Jack Lee, San Francisco Chronicle, 11 Apr. 2023
• Much of the reason for this is that Death Valley is a long, narrow basin that sinks 282 feet below sea level.
  — Hayley Smith, Los Angeles Times, 19 July 2023
• The original stone basin that was used for bathing was built in 1761, making this the first spa structure in America.
  — Liz Cantrell, Travel + Leisure, 6 Nov. 2023
• The city's rainwater catchment basins have been so dry that one, the El Cristo basin, caught fire on Tuesday, burning through 75 acres.
  — USA TODAY, 6 Mar. 2024
• The basin’s four other states agreed the proposal should be considered.
  — Will Sullivan, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 May 2023
• Africa, home to four of the world’s 15 largest river drainage basins—the Nile, the Niger, the Congo, and the Zambezi—has plenty of opportunity to build on them.
  — IEEE Spectrum, 1 Sep. 2023
• Up and down the river basin, those who depend on it were watching the forecasts: A towboat captain who has plied the river for decades.
  — USA TODAY, 10 Sep. 2023
• The beetle also is problematic in some parts of the river basin, such as the Grand Canyon and in central Arizona.
  — Brandon Loomis, The Arizona Republic, 30 June 2023
• Explore the marshes and basins, stroll along the shoreline, or visit the Stone Habor Bird Sanctuary.
  — Judy Koutsky, Travel + Leisure, 1 Dec. 2023

Last Updated: 3 May 2024