How to Use waterway in a Sentence

waterway

noun
  • The red and white stripes symbolize the roads and waterways of the state.
    — Olivia Munson, The Courier-Journal, 5 Jan. 2024
  • The Pine Creek Trail slips down through the woods to join the slender waterway that carved the mighty bridge.
    — Roger Naylor, The Arizona Republic, 5 July 2023
  • The search is focused on the northern shore of the waterway.
    — Kerry Breen, CBS News, 26 Oct. 2023
  • Once the canal was clear, the first of several ships stuck in the waterway made its way to the Red Sea.
    — Benoit Faucon, WSJ, 30 Mar. 2021
  • The waterway has been there since the 1930s and was rehabbed for the new attraction.
    — Dewayne Bevil, Orlando Sentinel, 11 Jan. 2023
  • But now some of those waterway dreams seem set to run aground.
    — CNN, 14 Aug. 2022
  • Since the fish is a cold-water species, warmer waterways is bad news.
    — Jake Frederico, The Arizona Republic, 12 Aug. 2023
  • The ship’s stern had swung around and was now in the middle of the waterway, tracking data showed.
    — Isabel Debre and Samy Magdy, chicagotribune.com, 29 Mar. 2021
  • This isn’t the first time Rooster has pulled his belongings in a cart up the side of the waterway.
    — Elena Bruess, San Antonio Express-News, 13 Oct. 2021
  • At least 20 percent of the world’s crude oil is moved through the strategic waterway.
    — Missy Ryan, Washington Post, 3 Aug. 2023
  • The central artery of that idea threads through Istanbul in the form of a waterway, the Bosphorus.
    — Melik Kaylan, Forbes, 17 May 2021
  • The waterway, which originates in the Rocky Mountains, is a key source of the water we and our crops drink.
    — Ryan Fonsecastaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 27 Jan. 2023
  • The mouth of the Columbia River is one of the world’s most perilous waterways.
    — Mark Yost, WSJ, 18 Aug. 2023
  • For her, access to a clean and healthy waterway is a human right.
    — Washington Post, 1 Nov. 2021
  • Later, teenagers approached and yelled to him from across the waterway.
    — Dewayne Bevil, orlandosentinel.com, 13 May 2021
  • Some 20% of the world’s oil passes through the narrow waterway connecting the Persian Gulf to the wider world.
    — Jon Gambrell, Anchorage Daily News, 1 Aug. 2023
  • Rent a pontoon boat to or take out a kayak on the waterways to see the area's unique rock formations from the water.
    — Jordyn Noennig, Journal Sentinel, 28 June 2024
  • After all, this was a small waterway in the heart of a major urban area.
    — Corey Buhay, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 July 2022
  • Right now, invasive species trees block a view of the waterway.
    — Alixel Cabrera, The Salt Lake Tribune, 27 Mar. 2022
  • The wide, rushing waterway runs through town on its way back out to sea to the northeast, near Jacksonville.
    — Jason Dearen, Star Tribune, 27 July 2021
  • The series will host seven more races this year, starting on the waterways of Venice on May 12.
    — J. George Gorant, Robb Report, 9 May 2024
  • Water comes from drains above them and from the waterway leading out from the tunnel.
    — Elena Bruess, San Antonio Express-News, 13 Oct. 2021
  • The film opens as a car cruises along the highway at night, the Río skyline across the waterway as soft music trails the travel.
    — Holly Jones, Variety, 30 Nov. 2023
  • But the waterway and the passing centuries had prevailed over the ancient stone.
    — Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 23 Feb. 2024
  • The Bear Creek Maroons built their first settlement around 1780, at the southern end of the waterway.
    — Matthew Hutson, The New Yorker, 21 July 2023
  • How do the elements that come from the disparate landscapes of the Veneto—the plains, the waterways, the lagoons—make their way to the market?
    — Jessica Carbone, Saveur, 3 Oct. 2024
  • The tree removal is part of an effort to clean up sewage overflows from the Pleasant Run waterway that runs through the park.
    — Sarah Bowman, The Indianapolis Star, 22 Feb. 2024
  • To keep the peace, these dirt bikes of the sea are banned from many lakes, rivers, and other waterways altogether.
    — WIRED, 18 Nov. 2023
  • From there, these small particles of plastic are washed into waterways and transported to the ocean, where they are then shot into the air.
    — Sam Walters, Discover Magazine, 7 Mar. 2025
  • The collision took place in a stretch of waterway running from ports along Britain's northeast coast to the Netherlands and Germany, Reuters reported.
    — USA TODAY, 10 Mar. 2025

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