How to Use high-water in a Sentence

high-water

1 of 2 adjective

• The Taking of Deborah Logan is a high-water mark for found footage.
  — Declan Gallagher, EW.com, 13 Sep. 2024
• Both low-water users and high-water users have to make cuts according to the AMA management goal, but their starting point is different.
  — Clara Migoya, The Arizona Republic, 10 Sep. 2024
• Police posted videos online of overnight high-water rescues in Clearwater, with officers guiding residents through waist-high water.
  — Jeff Weiner, Axios, 27 Sep. 2024
• But that ties their high-water mark since a 7-15 start.
  — Gordon Wittenmyer, The Enquirer, 13 June 2023
• The high-water mark for AM radio, Fybush says, was the 1960s.
  — Vince Guerrieri, Popular Mechanics, 1 June 2023
• On Monday evening, parts of the town faced a high-water alert because of heavy rainfall.
  — Ian Livingston, Washington Post, 20 June 2023
• The capture of Kherson in November 2022 was the high-water mark of Ukraine’s progress.
  — Daniel Depetris, The Mercury News, 7 June 2024
• The Estrela de Fura could well eclipse those high-water marks, though.
  — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 5 Apr. 2023
• The term is pure slang, coined in America in the nineteen-twenties, a high-water decade for crimes of all kinds.
  — Kathryn Schulz, The New Yorker, 19 June 2023
• Just think about his clothes: a tank top, high-water black pants, a button-up shirt — none of it’s all that cool looking.
  — Billboard Japan, Billboard, 27 Feb. 2023
• Khaled’s paean may be the high-water mark of the bidet’s profile in American pop culture — so far.
  — Michael J. Coren, Anchorage Daily News, 5 Apr. 2023
• Trump’s win wasn’t a high-water mark for the role of class in elections like many thought, but rather for the media focus on the role of class in elections.
  — Vox Staff, Vox, 3 June 2024
• Included in the protection would be the river or stream channel, up to the high-water mark, as well as the stream beds.
  — Karl Schneider, The Indianapolis Star, 5 Sep. 2023
• In many ways, that trip to California would be the high-water mark for the phone carrier.
  — Daniele Lepido, Fortune, 17 July 2023
• But that performance now seems more like a high-water mark than a foundation on which to build.
  — Mark Z. Barabak, Los Angeles Times, 7 Dec. 2023
• On its rocky shores, a whitish coating of minerals marks the high-water line about 180 feet above the water’s surface.
  — Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 8 Apr. 2023
• That year, the company sold 17 cars, a new high-water mark for production.
  — Bob Sorokanich, Robb Report, 23 July 2024
• That golden light within started the high-water mark for the visuals.
  — Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times, 14 Feb. 2024
• Swift is also setting a high-water mark for prices — in a year marked by concert inflation.
  — Lucas Shaw, Fortune, 30 June 2023
• As with our earlier campsite, the trees' high-water marks extended some 6 feet up their trunks.
  — Bob Robinson, Arkansas Online, 19 June 2023
• Maybe State would eclipse the program’s previous high-water mark, a Sweet 16 appearance 14 years ago.
  — Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Apr. 2024
• However, Jones noted that Cohen’s sale price was a new high-water mark for Gregg’s Landing.
  — Bob Goldsborough, Chicago Tribune, 26 June 2023
• Jackman retired the character after 2017’s Logan, still the high-water mark for superhero movies that aspire to be more than the sum of their zaps and pows.
  — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 23 July 2024
• That was lower than other groups but a high-water mark for Hispanic voters.
  — Suzanne Gamboa, NBC News, 3 Apr. 2024
• That 1984 season might have been the high-water mark for pro football in Birmingham, however.
  — Creg Stephenson | [e-mail], al, 27 July 2023
• Heavy storms slammed the region during the first week of May, leading to numerous high-water rescues, including some from the rooftops of flooded homes.
  — TIME, 17 May 2024
• Still, many shows reached new high-water marks, including Wicked, which reached a record high for the production of $4 million for nine performances.
  — Caitlin Huston, The Hollywood Reporter, 2 Jan. 2024
• The cost of car insurance is hitting high-water marks nationwide.
  — Alex Fitzpatrick, Axios, 29 July 2024
• Read full article Swift is also setting a high-water mark for prices — in a year marked by concert inflation.
  — Lucas Shaw, BostonGlobe.com, 1 July 2023
• Whether this the beginning, or the high-water mark of bipartisanship on the legislation will be determined in the weeks ahead.
  — Scott MacFarlane, CBS News, 20 Mar. 2024

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high water

2 of 2 noun

• Can any of the high water use plants be replaced with low water use plants?
  — Richard Restuccia, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 May 2021
• Visitors had to wade in waist-high water to get from the boat to the beach.
  — Richard Quest and Lilit Marcus, CNN, 16 May 2021
• People wade through knee-high water to reach cyclone shelters; huts and small houses lie crumpled in piles of debris.
  — Jessie Yeung, CNN, 26 May 2021
• Most trees in shallow soils or soils with a high water table that limits root growth are also likely to blow over during hurricane winds.
  — Tom MacCubbin, orlandosentinel.com, 28 May 2021
• But hurricanes also displace ocean water, creating a surge of high water that their winds push toward shore ahead of the storm.
  — Athena Masson, The Conversation, 27 May 2021
• Even with a crusty roll, putting wet ingredients with a high water content, like raw veggies, next to your bread is the fastest way to Mushtown.
  — Marygrace Taylor, SELF, 19 May 2021
• Cucumber Juice Cucumbers are well known for their high water content.
  — Chelsea Rae Bourgeois, Rdn, Health, 23 July 2024
• The boom has resulted from consecutive years of high water during the spawning season.
  — Tony Kennedy, Star Tribune, 15 May 2021
• Isabel is most remembered for the storm surges that created record high water levels — and the highest seen in nearly one hundred years.
  — Renny Vandewege, Forbes, 10 May 2021
• These were gradually demolished, adding land but making the harbor more vulnerable to high water.
  — Washington Post, 19 May 2021
• The place where those rights end, and private property rights begin, is called the mean high tide line, an average of high water heights over an 18.6-year cycle.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 21 May 2021
• Of the five deaths, four were related to people driving into high water, Gov. John Bel Edwards said.
  — NBC News, 21 May 2021
• His 16th-place finish as a 16-year-old amateur at Dallas Jesuit remains the high water mark.
  — Tim Cowlishaw, Dallas News, 16 May 2021
• The mineral is believed to toughen the teeth of the sometimes 14-inch chiton without adding extra weight, due to its high water content and low density, Joster said.
  — Asha C. Gilbert, USA TODAY, 1 June 2021
• The Brittons said they were used to high water levels in the river at this time of year.
  — Claire Colbert, CNN, 17 June 2022
• Some drivers in the city became stuck in high water on the roadways.
  — Aya Elamroussi, CNN, 4 Oct. 2022
• All were fine and the area is clear, but people are advised to not drive through high water.
  — The Enquirer, 20 May 2022
• Some of the nests may have gotten washed out, or the female may have had to leave the eggs because of high water.
  — Matt Williams, Dallas News, 19 June 2021
• In Peru, two people died from the high water, per Reuters.
  — Corryn Wetzel, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 Jan. 2022
• The fire department said motorists were trapped on the road amid high waters.
  — Olivia Diaz, Washington Post, 15 Aug. 2023
• The field, rather than lush with shin-high water, crunched underfoot.
  — Stefano Pitrelli, Washington Post, 22 July 2022
• Peggy managed to slide open the window and climbed into the cold chest-high water.
  — Janine Zeitlin, USA TODAY, 8 Oct. 2022
• The high water content in the body is necessary to address all our needs.
  — Bryant Stamford, The Courier-Journal, 13 Jan. 2023
• Five of those are top 10s, including the high water mark of this week’s third place finish.
  — Theo MacKie, The Arizona Republic, 13 Feb. 2023
• The bathtub ring of light minerals shows the high water mark of the reservoir which has fallen to record lows.
  — The Salt Lake Tribune, 28 Oct. 2022
• Find out what your authentic self is and be that, come hell or high water.
  — Angie Martoccio, Rolling Stone, 26 Nov. 2021
• Half of the trip takes him through thigh-high water in a patchy forest where clusters of trees have already been chopped.
  — New York Times, 13 July 2022
• As predicted, and feared, the waves were small, breaking near shore in waist-high water.
  — New York Times, 20 July 2021
• In high water, focus on areas tight to the bank where the current is blocked or softer.
  — Joe Cermele, Outdoor Life, 7 Mar. 2024
• Even in cities with high water utility prices, tap water is far cheaper than bottled water.
  — Andy Wilcox, Better Homes & Gardens, 17 Aug. 2024

Last Updated: 26 Oct 2024