How to Use sediment in a Sentence

sediment

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  • 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 | Lgore@al.com, 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
  • Wet sediment is so unconsolidated that unsuspecting people have sunk to their chests in it.
    — Cassidy Randall, Rolling Stone, 18 Feb. 2024

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