How to Use estuary in a Sentence

estuary

noun

• The fish are feeder kings that have moved into the Chetco estuary to eat anchovies.
  — sacbee, 31 July 2017
• Large numbers of bluefish found in the lower estuaries and rivers feeding on menhaden.
  — courant.com, 7 Sep. 2017
• Starting on Monday, however, the nation’s largest estuary will be his focus.
  — Scott Dance, baltimoresun.com, 15 Sep. 2017
• As the story opens, the people of Aldwinter are wondering whether an earthquake has loosed their old monster from the estuary depths.
  — Sarah Perry, Philly.com, 16 June 2017
• Situated on the banks of the Tagus River estuary, the water’s edge is always nearby.
  — Wendy Altschuler, Forbes, 21 Oct. 2024
• Rain washes the chemicals from the land into the water and the contaminants are carried downstream by rivers and creeks into lakes, reservoirs and estuaries.
  — Leada Gore, AL.com, 11 July 2017
• Outside, on his back lawn, overlooking a lovely estuary, MacWilliams had placed silhouettes of wild beasts to deter Canada geese from landing.
  — Michael Lewis, vanityfair.com, 26 July 2017
• Others make the treacherous crossing of the wide estuary of the Naf River, which separates Burma from Bangladesh.
  — Max Bearak, Washington Post, 18 Sep. 2017
• In the estuary of the Gironde, like in Rauzan-Ségla and Canon, time seems to stand still.
  — Cécilia Pelloux, Forbes, 25 Oct. 2021
• What are some threats to, the Mobile Bay, to the estuary, to the watershed here in the area?
  — Margaret Kates | [e-mail], al, 13 Feb. 2023
• Then between two fairy tale chateaux, the estuary of the Gironde.
  — Cécilia Pelloux, Forbes, 25 Oct. 2021
• The Delta is the largest estuary on the west coast of the Americas.
  — Kathleen Ronayne, The Christian Science Monitor, 8 Aug. 2022
• This way, the dye is carried out of the estuary into the coastal ocean.
  — Saleen Martin, USA TODAY, 27 Jan. 2023
• The delta, a vast tidal estuary that sits on the eastern edge of the Bay Area, is fed by the state’s two largest rivers.
  — Kurtis Alexander, San Francisco Chronicle, 25 June 2021
• The event was to inform the public of the health of New England’s largest estuary.
  — Frank Kummer, Philly.com, 23 Oct. 2017
• The Chesapeake Bay, where these crabs come from, is the largest estuary in the United States.
  — Andi Berlin, The Arizona Republic, 25 Aug. 2021
• It’s prized for being off the grid, but it’s also an estuary on the brink.
  — Kurtis Alexander, San Francisco Chronicle, 8 Oct. 2020
• The water, a mix of silt and clay, is a ruddy chocolate brown all the way out to the estuary where the river meets the bay.
  — Katherine Laidlaw, Wired, 9 Sep. 2021
• The move transformed the tidal estuary at the heart of the city into a sedentary river.
  — Courtney Humphries, BostonGlobe.com, 28 Apr. 2018
• And the news is better for those who fish in coastal estuaries and rivers.
  — Bill Monroe, oregonlive, 15 June 2023
• Humber estuary is along the eastern coast of the U.K. and about 200 miles north of London.
  — Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 28 May 2024
• Carlson said the estuary was set aside for wildlife and helps boost species that are in decline.
  — Devin Kelly, Anchorage Daily News, 27 May 2018
• More than 150 rivers and creeks flow into the bay, making it the largest estuary in North America and the third-largest in the world.
  — Story Hinckley, The Christian Science Monitor, 18 Sep. 2017
• Less than 200 years ago, Dubai was a small fishing village and the Creek was just an estuary.
  — Amarachi Orie, CNN, 3 Dec. 2021
• There are a few tufts of green, a few of red, weeds growing out of reach from the estuary’s saltwater.
  — Amelia Nierenberg, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2019
• The endeavor in the Dornoch Firth, an estuary of the North Sea, is eight years along, and still moving forward.
  — Louise Schiavone, Forbes, 3 Nov. 2021
• De Lappe, for one, has spent years chronicling abandoned and sunken boats in the estuary.
  — Will McCarthy, The Mercury News, 16 Jan. 2024
• The largest estuary in North America, the bay is known for its beauty and bounty.
  — Washington Post, 4 June 2021
• Delta smelt are at the heart of the tensions over California's water supply and the health of the West Coast's largest estuary.
  — Ryan Sabalow and Dale Kasler, sacbee, 1 June 2018
• Longfin smelt live in bays and estuaries along the Pacific coast.
  — Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 30 July 2024

Last Updated: 19 Dec 2024