How to Use moat in a Sentence

moat

noun

• When the hole is full, make a moat around the stem or trunk.
  — Nan Sterman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Oct. 2020
• When the hole is full, make a moat — around the stem or trunk.
  — Nan Sterman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Oct. 2021
• The crabs would fall into the moat and Gabler was able to spear them with a stick.
  — Mallory Arnold, Outside Online, 17 Feb. 2023
• When the hole is full, make a shallow moat around the stem or trunk.
  — Nan Sterman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Oct. 2023
• That’s fine, up to a point and depending on where the moat comes from.
  — Walter Frick, Quartz, 2 May 2022
• The moat is around 65 feet wide and fills a pit in front of three walls, the tallest of which rises some 40 feet.
  — Cody Cassidy, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 June 2023
• The real plaza is a half-circle ringed by a moat with four bridges.
  — Griffin Shea, CNN, 4 May 2022
• The creek around [the property], it’s like a little moat.
  — Kathy Orton, Washington Post, 8 July 2022
• Think of it like putting a drawbridge over a moat instead of a two-lane road.
  — Lily Hay Newman, Wired, 27 Oct. 2021
• Records show that at one time, the Hall was even surrounded by a moat.
  — Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 29 Sep. 2022
• To check in, an ancient bridge takes you over the scenic moat and into the front courtyard.
  — Angelina Villa-Clarke, Forbes, 18 Oct. 2021
• But the moat may not have been established fast enough.
  — Grady McGregor, Fortune, 10 Jan. 2022
• Or choose to sit by the fire pit that just so happens to come surround by its own moat.
  — Dana Givens, Robb Report, 16 Dec. 2022
• The mansion is styled to look like a British castle — and, yes, the pool resembles a moat (sort of).
  — Los Angeles Times, 5 May 2022
• Meghan couldn't curtsy backwards across the moat fast enough.
  — Raven Smith, Vogue, 20 Aug. 2020
• Poison Ruin is a truly great punk band, but the force field is a moat.
  — Chris Richards, Washington Post, 17 May 2023
• Of course, there’s no moat or fence around a place like Urbana-Champaign — or Iowa City.
  — Doug George, chicagotribune.com, 8 Mar. 2021
• Instead, Gabler used himself as live bait and dug a six-inch moat around his body.
  — Mallory Arnold, Outside Online, 17 Feb. 2023
• One brother jokes about digging a moat around his home.
  — The New Yorker, 20 Mar. 2022
• Even now, the moat’s purpose is uncertain, as is its age.
  — Julia Binswanger, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 Jan. 2024
• An infinity koi pond around the edge of the property acts as a kind of moat.
  — Katherine Clarke, WSJ, 26 July 2022
• The slide isn't the only way into the moat, there will be another entrance as well.
  — Erin Hill, PEOPLE.com, 21 Feb. 2022
• Part of the wetlands surrounding the gravel pad will act as a moat between the pad and the outer berm, Tsu said.
  — Emily Goodykoontz, Anchorage Daily News, 30 Nov. 2021
• The shot seemed to be from the famous installation that filled the Tower of London’s moat in 2014.
  — Janine Henni, Peoplemag, 9 Nov. 2023
• This method shows that negative age beliefs are not a fortress with a moat around them that cannot be breached.
  — Bonnie Marcus, Forbes, 12 Apr. 2022
• At a former exhibit, Ruth was happy to pull large logs out of a moat.
  — jsonline.com, 23 Dec. 2020
• The slide will offer a fun, family-friendly way to enter the moat.
  — Erin Hill, PEOPLE.com, 21 Feb. 2022
• Several young bonobos had jumped into the dry moat to play but could not get out and would have drowned.
  — Time, 17 June 2023
• Layer 3 or 4 inches of mulch onto the soil surface, starting at the outer edge of the moat.
  — Nan Sterman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Oct. 2023
• Hopefully this next chapter doesn’t require the moat to keep hordes at bay.
  — Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 5 Dec. 2022

Last Updated: 28 May 2024