How to Use sediment in a Sentence

sediment

noun

• There was a layer of sediment in the bottom of the tank.
• In the end, the flow of water and sediment is a zero-sum game.
  — Daniel A. Gross, The New Yorker, 5 Nov. 2023
• The amoebae are more likely to live in sediment at the bottom of lakes, ponds and rivers.
  — Gabe Hauari, USA TODAY, 31 July 2023
• The amoebae are more likely to live in sediment at the bottom of lakes, ponds, and rivers.
  — Leada Gore | [e-mail], al, 1 Aug. 2023
• When ice isn't there, strong winds and waves stir up the sediment, decreasing the number of fish that hatch in the spring.
  — Laura Schulte, Journal Sentinel, 28 Apr. 2023
• When ice is not there to protect the eggs, strong winds and waves stir up the sediment and reduce the number of fish that hatch in the spring.
  — Caitlin Looby, Journal Sentinel, 1 Mar. 2024
• The rock and sediments that make up the world's continental shelves are not dry.
  — Rob L. Evans, Scientific American, 15 June 2023
• Fish flies hatch from larvae that burrow in the lake sediment for two or three years.
  — Marina Johnson, Detroit Free Press, 22 June 2023
• Much of what controls the difference is the type of rock and sediment on which our cities and structures are built.
  — Erik Klemetti, Discover Magazine, 31 Jan. 2024
• The cups were placed in temperate water or sediment and left to leach for up to four weeks.
  — Sabrina Weiss, WIRED, 1 Sep. 2023
• Layers of sediment from a lake that formed in the McDermitt Caldera.
  — Erik Klemetti, Discover Magazine, 20 Sep. 2023
• Set a wet cheesecloth over a pitcher and strain in the rice mixture (discard the sediment).
  — Fany Gerson, Saveur, 5 Oct. 2023
• Dead skeletons of the elkhorn corals were covered in algae, dust and sediment.
  — Jenny Jarvie, Los Angeles Times, 1 Aug. 2023
• The remnants of their prey help provide nutrients for sea beds and sediment on the ocean floor.
  — Monica Cull, Discover Magazine, 7 July 2023
• Wake boats have been known to disturb sediment at the bottom of lakes, which can disrupt plant life.
  — Andrew J. Hawkins, The Verge, 20 Feb. 2024
• Ice tempers winds and waves from storms that can stir up sediment, reducing the number of fish that hatch in the spring.
  — Caitlin Looby, Journal Sentinel, 3 Jan. 2024
• Meanwhile, many of the homes along the river were built on soft, loose sediments that erode easily.
  — Anna Canny, Anchorage Daily News, 13 Aug. 2023
• At the base of a seawall, the constant churn of water stirs up sediment; that sediment is then swept back to sea.
  — Daniel A. Gross, The New Yorker, 5 Nov. 2023
• And when companies take sand from rivers, less sediment flows down to coastlines that need it.
  — Justine Calma, The Verge, 5 Sep. 2023
• While the river will naturally flush much of that, crews will also dredge to make way for the sediment flows.
  — oregonlive, 17 June 2023
• Over 95% of wetlands in the Lower Basin contain sediment that is toxic to wildlife.
  — Martin Schiavenato, The Conversation, 30 Aug. 2023
• Magni had explained to the class that clothes can retain traces of plankton, sediment and soil.
  — Jordan Michael Smith, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 Jan. 2024
• Plus, the filter compartment was easy to access and caught pollen and sediment.
  — Jamie Weissman, Better Homes & Gardens, 18 Apr. 2023
• At the time, there wasn’t the technology to understand the sediment very well and so it was lost in a freezer for decades, Bierman said.
  — Laura Paddison, CNN, 20 July 2023
• The Orange Screw Anchors are a unique and versatile tent stake that can be used for loose sediment as a strong and durable anchor.
  — Meg Carney, Field & Stream, 14 Feb. 2023
• The nets drag along the bottom of the ocean, damaging the delicate ecosystem of the ocean floor, and releasing the carbon that’s sequestered in the sediment.
  — Time, 24 Aug. 2023
• Near the grounding line, video from the robot shows an underside of the ice that is dark and grainy because seafloor mud and sediment is frozen into it.
  — Chris Mooney, BostonGlobe.com, 15 Feb. 2023
• After all that rain kicked up the sediment and had the river flowing faster than normal, the water was a muddy brown.
  — Gregg Doyel indianapolis Star, The Indianapolis Star, 6 July 2023
• San Clemente residents were not pleased when the first few barge-loads of sediment dumped at San Clemente produced as much rock and gravel as sand.
  — Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Jan. 2024
• Under normal conditions, the sediment in bays and fjords around the Aleutians is very fine-grained, like silt or mud.
  — Theo Greenly, Anchorage Daily News, 11 Aug. 2023

Last Updated: 5 May 2024