How to Use wade in a Sentence

wade

1 of 2 verb

• I jumped off the boat and waded back to shore.
• We waded our way through the crowd.
• We waded into the ocean.
• It took several weeks to wade through all the evidence.
• We waded through the crowded bus station.
• Police waded into the crowd.
• Evans even brought her 3-year-old to wade in the water.
  — Amy Yurkanin | [e-mail], al, 25 June 2023
• Others will get to wade through the ins and outs of sports pacts for CBS in the future.
  — Brian Steinberg, Variety, 26 Sep. 2023
• Rivers like the Rhine, Elbe and Seine dried up to the point that people could wade across them on foot.
  — John Last, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 Sep. 2022
• For more than 12 hours, the men waded in the water and awaited help.
  — Abigail Adams, Peoplemag, 16 Aug. 2023
• True to form, Brad Marchand did not wade back into the pool.
  — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 27 Oct. 2022
• And although the show’s fight scenes are fun to watch, viewers have to wade through a dull plot to get to them.
  — Evan Romano, Men's Health, 17 Aug. 2022
• The Lego Defender wears spare tires on the hood and rear door, while a snorkel sprouts from the hood to help the Land Rover wade through rivers.
  — Caleb Miller, Car and Driver, 20 Mar. 2023
• Lin described water deep enough to wade in toward the middle of the lake.
  — Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 24 Jan. 2024
• Many studies infer that the Spinosaurus waded in waters near the shore for a quick bite to eat.
  — Elizabeth Gamillo, Discover Magazine, 6 Mar. 2024
• Joel at the end of episode 6, would be to wade too deep into that other River of Death (i.e. spoilers).
  — Nick Romano, EW.com, 20 Feb. 2023
• But so many of Trump – Trump's rivals at this point are just not ready to wade into those waters.
  — CBS News, 14 Jan. 2024
• In a photo from their seaside outing on the Mediterranean, the star waded through the water back to her boat.
  — Michael Lee Simpson, Peoplemag, 19 July 2023
• But wading in the waters of social media can still be tricky.
  — Karen Idelson, Variety, 25 Oct. 2023
• Clear and easy to wade, Michel Creek is renowned for producing some of the region’s biggest cutts, up to 20 inches.
  — Chris Santella, Washington Post, 13 Aug. 2022
• This film is a poignant critique of societal neglect—and the spirit required to wade such a storm.
  — Travis Bean, Forbes, 23 Feb. 2024
• His father wore rubber boots and waded through the water, lifting him up to join others on the bed of a dump truck.
  — Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 18 Mar. 2023
• Team members waded into the swamp to find out exactly where and how.
  — Max G. Levy, WIRED, 18 Aug. 2023
• But wading around in the past or future is a luxury that has not been afforded to her.
  — Max Kim, Los Angeles Times, 20 Dec. 2023
• Avoid swimming or wading in marshy areas where snails can be found.
  — Daniel More, Verywell Health, 8 Mar. 2024
• Their wives then waded into the Thames and dragged them ashore, sometimes nobly heaving the wet flag back on deck so it could be used on the next fallen hero.
  — Mike O’Brien, The New Yorker, 9 Nov. 2023
• That sense is prompting some investors to wade deeper into the sector.
  — Hardika Singh, WSJ, 30 Sep. 2022
• Three officers waded 50 feet from the shore, through thick brush and swamp, to get to Tetewsky, according to police.
  — Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN, 4 July 2023
• Up trails, over rocks, across boulder fields, wading through creeks and spidering up crevices that require two free hands for the rest of us.
  — Bill Manny, Idaho Statesman, 31 Jan. 2024
• As a wildlife refuge, people aren't supposed to wade into the pond or let their pets in the water regardless of its color.
  — CBS News, 10 Nov. 2023

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wade

2 of 2 noun

• Malti wades in the waves while wearing a white-and-gray striped onesie and a white sun hat.
  — Chelsey Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR, 2 Aug. 2023
• But many guests are content to just hang out on the beach and wade into the lagoon.
  — Laurie Werner, Forbes, 11 June 2021
• Above, girls wade through floodwaters on the way to school in Sunamganj on May 23.
  — Sarah Ferguson, Forbes, 1 June 2022
• The Marines had no choice but to bail out of their vessels and wade to shore through enemy fire.
  — Catherine Musemeche, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 July 2022
• In this Gilded Age, titans want to get dirty and dusty and wade hip-deep into a stream.
  — Karen Heller, Washington Post, 16 Aug. 2022
• Why would any savvy politician wade back into that morass?
  — Natalie Wexler, Forbes, 7 May 2021
• Search and rescue crews wade through the thicket, scattered with debris and plane parts.
  — Jessie Yeung, CNN, 22 Mar. 2022
• Just like people, dogs get hot too, and cooling off with a nice wade in the pool can be quite appealing.
  — Patricia Shannon, Better Homes & Gardens, 30 May 2023
• This same machine can also climb a 45-degree grade and wade through 3 feet of water.
  — Dan Neil, WSJ, 9 Dec. 2021
• Trout remain active in the rivers on the west side on topwaters and Slick lures, and in the surf at Dauphin Island at dawn for wade-fishers.
  — Frank Sargeant, al, 11 Oct. 2019
• On Chatroulette, strangers meet anonymously and don’t have to give away their data or wade through ads.
  — Kevin Randall, Wired, 26 Dec. 2020
• How does one wade through the mess to find the helpful, accurate information and ignore the rest?
  — Tara C. Smith, SELF, 3 Mar. 2020
• When their grandchildren came to visit in years past, the Seidenstickers would take them to the river and wade in the water.
  — Dallas News, 29 Aug. 2022
• Hundreds of revellers from the mainland join the local fishermen and wade waist-deep into the water with small nets to make a catch.
  — The New Yorker, 4 Oct. 2021
• While singing the song’s second chorus, the pair wade through flowing fabrics to find and serenade each other.
  — Starr Bowenbank, Billboard, 18 Oct. 2022
• The spa channels geothermally heated seawater into pools and, like so many baths in Iceland that cater to tourists, has a wade-up bar.
  — New York Times, 3 June 2022
• The bar was so named because there’s no dock, so thirsty sailors-by would have to toss anchor, jump overboard and wade to shore, sidling up to the sandy six-seat bar with a pocket of wet bills and a mind to spend them on rum.
  — Jason O'Bryan, Robb Report, 29 July 2021
• What followed was a series of challenges trying to block access for wade-fishermen.
  — Christine Peterson, Outdoor Life, 13 Apr. 2020
• When he’s finished in the goat sheds, Dr. Getachew wades into sewage ponds and drainage ditches with a dipper, looking for larval stephensi, which are easier to spot.
  — Stephanie Nolen Tiksa Negeri, New York Times, 29 Sep. 2023
• The Chicken Big Mac could be the company’s latest effort wade into expanding its menu once again with an eye on earnings.
  — Colin Lodewick, Fortune, 22 Aug. 2022
• This demonstration introduced wade-ins as another tool of the civil rights movement, and the method would be used on many coastlines after the initial protest.
  — Jessica Poitevien, Travel + Leisure, 20 Feb. 2022
• The pair wade into what makes an entrapment defense work, weigh the FBI agents' role in the argument, and discuss the government's lingering lessons from the Hutaree matter.
  — Detroit Free Press, 14 Jan. 2022
• That’s why during the Hindu festival of Chhath Puja, many people dip, wade or immerse themselves in its waters.
  — Washington Post, 11 Nov. 2021
• Black swimmers were at times violently attacked for trying to enter a pool or even public beaches, such as during the Biloxi wade-ins.
  — Sean Gregory/tokyo, Time, 27 July 2021
• Fifty years later, Black residents in Connecticut staged wade-ins up and down the state’s shoreline—a protest against the fact that wealthy, white residents had privatized 65 of the 72 available miles of beaches.
  — Nick Martin, The New Republic, 29 May 2020
• The outdoorsy and adventurous can pencil dive into a gorge or wade under a waterfall.
  — Alex Erdekian, Condé Nast Traveler, 17 June 2020
• People who live on cream cheese–filled doughnuts, swimming in their sepulcher vans surrounded by garden gnomes, tea wades, and packs of baseball cards with stale sticks of gum from who knows what year.
  — Liana Satenstein, Vogue, 30 Aug. 2018
• Liberals are no longer just cheering as CEOs wade into politics.
  — Vivek Ramaswamy, National Review, 13 Apr. 2021
• After busting out a flurry of impressive shimmies, spins and swings for 25 seconds straight, Zola cools down and goes back to enjoying a relaxing wade in his pool.
  — Kelli Bender, PEOPLE.com, 23 June 2017
• Gohmert, who previously served as both a judge and lawyer in Texas, has served as a member of the House since 2005, a tenure that has seen the conservative Republican wade into a number of controversies.
  — Devan Cole, CNN, 22 Nov. 2021

Last Updated: 3 May 2024