How to Use bilge in a Sentence

bilge

noun

• That magazine prints a lot of bilge about celebrities.
• The men had to sleep on the deck because the bilge backed up and the smell was so bad.
  — Roxanne Washington, cleveland.com, 25 Mar. 2018
• But if the bilge filled up and the bilge pump failed, that would leave the motor submerged.
  — Ian McNanie, Popular Mechanics, 20 Mar. 2018
• Crocs and Kevlar gloves and weapons-grade sunglasses slosh around the bilge.
  — Ben Lowy, Smithsonian, 23 May 2018
• But the escape hatches were still sealed; the bilge pumps hadn’t been used; the air hatches were closed.
  — Carl Engelking, Discover Magazine, 23 Aug. 2017
• The whalemen spend several days cleaning the ship and themselves, from the bilges to the top of the mainmast.
  — Longreads, 21 Sep. 2017
• A friend of one of my daughters helped move furniture and brought over a bilge pump.
  — Tim Woodward, idahostatesman, 19 May 2017
• Carman replaced a bilge pump and also removed two trim tabs from the rear of the boat and sealed holes with epoxy.
  — Dave Altimari, courant.com, 4 Sep. 2019
• Allain took off in a skiff for Christensen while the Mork sisters tried to keep the boat afloat, Betty at the wheel and Marie on the bilge pump.
  — David Reamer, Anchorage Daily News, 10 Oct. 2022
• A cooler, a bilge pump, freezer packs and tubing will keep you and your baby cool.
  — Rob Goodier, Popular Mechanics, 15 Mar. 2017
• This allows the bilge to drain and helps prevent the spread of invasive plants and animals. ...
  — oregonlive, 19 Jan. 2020
• Drain all water from the boat, including the motors, bilge, live wells, and bait buckets.
  — Abigail Rosenthal, Chron, 6 Aug. 2021
• Down in the bilge, in a duffel bag, were a radio, sextant, compass and clock, in case of emergency.
  — The Economist, 29 Aug. 2020
• The young adult male, which rescuers named Gilbert, was drinking water from a boat's bilge pump at the marina.
  — David Goodhue, Sun-Sentinel.com, 7 July 2018
• Sailors of yore sang to pass the time and to coordinate their efforts in hoisting sails and anchors, and manning the bilge pumps.
  — David Sharp, Star Tribune, 29 Jan. 2021
• The sailor cleaning bilge tanks was in a SEAL selection class in the winter of 2021, when the ocean was especially cold.
  — Dave Philipps, New York Times, 9 Dec. 2022
• The researchers found pieces of the ships, including bronze nails, lead pipes from a bilge pump and parts of a large iron anchor, likely broken in a storm.
  — Livia Gershon, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 Dec. 2021
• The time Microsoft’s chatbot Tay was trained by Twitter users to parrot racist bilge.
  — Tad Friend, The New Yorker, 7 May 2018
• The bilge pumps were not operational, and the AAV began taking on water.
  — Samantha Hendrickson, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 12 Aug. 2021
• The plant often hitches rides on boat propellers, in bilge water and on floatplane floats.
  — Author: Elizabeth Earl, Anchorage Daily News, 20 June 2019
• Waves were breaking over the vessel's bow while the Coast Guard was towing it to the Tillamook Bar, and its bilges became full of water by around 4:50 a.m., according to the agency.
  — Jim Ryan, OregonLive.com, 8 June 2017
• In a building across a gully was a wooden rowboat, its blue paint peeling and prickly pear cactus growing in the bilge.
  — Washington Post, 4 Feb. 2022
• So Systrom gathered a team to sort through massive piles of bilge, buffoonery, and low-grade extortion on the platform.
  — WIRED, 14 Aug. 2017
• The loss of its transmission also affected the operation of the vehicle’s bilge pumps, the Marines said.
  — Andrew Dyer, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Mar. 2021
• The sharp drop in steam pressure also shut down both bilge pumps, so both passengers and crew worked strenuously as part of a bucket brigade to fight off the rising water.
  — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 6 Dec. 2022
• When the AAVs did enter the ocean, one began taking on water from multiple spots, as the transmission failed and bilge pumps were overwhelmed, causing the vehicle to sink.
  — Oren Liebermann, CNN, 7 Oct. 2021
• Hair experts consulted by the New York Times disagreed on whether the fat drops of bilge sprinting down Giuliani’s face were the result of a bad dye job, a root touchup product like a mascara or a touchup spray, or something else.
  — Jenny Singer, Glamour, 20 Nov. 2020
• Various rare items were also visible aboard the ancient wreck, including a wooden bilge pump and a capstan, a wide cylinder used for winding up lengths of rope.
  — William J. Broad, New York Times, 22 July 2019
• Any major flooding could cause the ship to sink to the lagoon floor because there are no steel, watertight doors that could be sealed, and no way to pump water out because the bilge system is inoperable.
  — Orange County Register, 14 Mar. 2017
• And that stability extends to drifting, too, thanks to the Seakeeper gyro stabilizer spinning at 9000 rpm down in the bilge.
  — Ezra Dyer, Car and Driver, 13 Feb. 2020

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