How to Use freshwater in a Sentence

freshwater

1 of 2 adjective

• Since the city of Wuhan is where the Han and Yangtze rivers meet, freshwater fish is also a specialty, cooked many ways.
  — Momo Chang, SFChronicle.com, 16 Mar. 2020
• Research shows that a saltwater ballast flush can go a long way in killing most freshwater tank dwellers.
  — jsonline.com, 2 Sep. 2021
• Also known as Japanese rice fish, medaka are small, freshwater fish native to Japan.
  — Danny Lewis, Smithsonian, 16 Jan. 2017
• Also known as Japanese rice fish, medaka are small, freshwater fish native to Japan.
  — Danny Lewis, Smithsonian, 16 Jan. 2017
• The species, which lives on fish, crabs, snakes, turtles, birds and small mammals, is considered more reclusive than its more numerous freshwater cousin, the alligator, and tends to avoid people.
  — David Fleshler, Sun-Sentinel.com, 26 Jan. 2018
• Luxury Airstreams in a hilly setting surrounding a freshwater pond.
  — Washington Post, 2 July 2021
• Ghost forests are landscapes that form when saltwater begins to flood woodland areas that contain freshwater-dependent trees.
  — Elizabeth Gamillo, Smithsonian Magazine, 19 Mar. 2021
• These include freshwater inflow from the melting of the Greenland ice sheet, melting sea-ice, increasing precipitation and river run-off.
  — Doyle Rice, USA TODAY, 5 Aug. 2021
• Snow Lake contains a healthy population of lake chubsuckers - not a game fish, but one of Ohio's rarest suckers, a small, freshwater fish barely larger than a minnow -- and an indicator species only found in high-quality glacial lakes, Seidel said.
  — James F. McCarty, cleveland.com, 6 Aug. 2017
• The National Hurricane Center is calling for 12 to 18 inches of rainfall, with locally higher amounts possible - more than enough to cause widespread urban and freshwater flooding.
  — Zach Rosenthal, BostonGlobe.com, 27 Sep. 2022
• That’s why many coastal and freshwater fish in Florida, including the largemouth bass, already have recommended consumption limits by the Florida Department of Health.
  — orlandosentinel.com, 28 Dec. 2020
• Unlike natural and freshwater pearls, cultured pearls are not naturally-occuring.
  — Sian Babish, chicagotribune.com, 10 Mar. 2021
• But for fish and other marine and freshwater wildlife, studies find that microplastics disrupt reproductive systems, stunt growth, diminish appetite, cause tissue inflammation and liver damage, and alter feeding behavior.
  — Laura Parker, National Geographic, 7 Aug. 2020
• Quagga and Zebra Mussels are quickly becoming America’s most troublesome freshwater invasive species.
  — Jeff Wheelwright, Discover Magazine, 24 June 2012

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fresh water

2 of 2 noun

• Although this helped prevent flooding and sent water downstream, many Californians were upset that the fresh water was being wasted.
  — Caroline Marshall Reinhart, WIRED, 21 Sep. 2024
• Waste seeps into the surrounding environment and contaminates the dwindling fresh water supplies.
  — Freddie Clayton, NBC News, 31 Aug. 2024
• It is drained, and fresh water comes out of the spouts.
  — Erin Couch, The Enquirer, 16 July 2023
• Place the roots back in the jar and fill the jar with fresh water to grow more green onions.
  — Sheryl Geerts, Better Homes & Gardens, 27 July 2024
• Place enough fresh water in the pan to just cover the cod.
  — Paul Stephen, ExpressNews.com, 5 Aug. 2020
• Drain the beans in a colander and rinse with fresh water.
  — Sara Franklin, Charlotte Observer, 31 Jan. 2024
• The moment the water in the jar looks cloudy, get fresh water.
  — Kimberly Holland, Southern Living, 9 Feb. 2024
• Four-fifths of the park is water, part of one of the largest bodies of fresh water on earth.
  — Stephanie Pearson, Travel + Leisure, 25 June 2024
• Drain the fresh water tank, the black/gray water tanks, the water heater, and the water heater lines.
  — Andrew Hard, chicagotribune.com, 22 Jan. 2021
• And even glaciers could be helpful sources of fresh water.
  — Trevor Hughes, USA TODAY, 4 Mar. 2023
• If fresh water is in short supply, why not remove the salt from the vast oceans?
  — Edward Ring, National Review, 15 Aug. 2022
• Like salmon, they are born in fresh water, migrate to the ocean, and then return to rivers as adults to spawn.
  — Hayley Smith, Los Angeles Times, 15 Mar. 2024
• Step 1: Check beans for small debris and rinse well in cool, fresh water.
  — Elena Kadvany, San Francisco Chronicle, 16 Sep. 2021
• The lakes are fresh water, less buoyant than salt, which means long boards are a must for most surfers.
  — Graham Averill, Outside Online, 28 July 2024
• The crates are built in a way that allows the keepers to pass bamboo, bamboo shoots, fruits and fresh water to the bears on the flight.
  — Nectar Gan, CNN, 15 Oct. 2024
• In one corner of the ring is the salt water of the Gulf of Mexico, and in the other, the river’s fresh water.
  — Nancy Walecki, The Atlantic, 11 Oct. 2023
• The site offered plenty of fresh water, with a series of pools.
  — Paul Smaglik, Discover Magazine, 7 June 2024
• Provide plenty of shade and fresh water and keep them off the pavement.
  — Meredith G. White, The Arizona Republic, 28 June 2024
• Make sure your dog has access to plenty of fresh water at all times.
  — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 1 July 2023
• And it was built to commemorate fresh water that was brought into the city for the first time.
  — Kathryn Shattuck, New York Times, 4 May 2024
• One is that more rain starts to fall in the ocean near Greenland and Iceland, and that new water is fresh water.
  — Lauren Goode, WIRED, 25 July 2024
• Salt water mixes with fresh water when the canal’s locks fill up.
  — Tribune News Service, Hartford Courant, 10 Jan. 2024
• To keep the water fresh and clean, once a week, pour out the water gently so as to not touch the bulb and add fresh water to below the bulb.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Dec. 2020
• The destruction ripples out to the rest of the ecosystem, the AP found, as the fresh water aquifer connects to the Caribbean Sea.
  — Teresa De Miguel, Megan Janetsky, and Rodrigo Abd, The Christian Science Monitor, 31 May 2024
• Wake up and handle some chores (feed the cats, change the litter boxes, fresh water in the bowls, laundry — the usual).
  — R29 Team, refinery29.com, 16 Sep. 2024
• The city plans to build a pipeline that would pump in fresh water from about 12 miles upriver, the statement said.
  — Allie Weintraub, ABC News, 4 Oct. 2023
• This helps the animal survive when food and fresh water are sparse.
  — Richard Johnson, The Conversation, 22 Aug. 2022
• In Maui, much of the fresh water comes from a series of streams that run out of the mountains and eventually into the ocean.
  — Shawn Hubler, New York Times, 20 Aug. 2023
• The state’s fresh water legally resides in a public trust for the benefit of the people of Hawaii.
  — Shawn Hubler, New York Times, 20 Aug. 2023
• Don’t forget to make fresh water available at all times.
  — Dallas News, 21 Dec. 2022

Last Updated: 9 Dec 2024