How to Use wade in a Sentence
wade
verb- I jumped off the boat and waded back to shore.
- We waded our way through the crowd.
- We waded into the ocean.
- It took several weeks to wade through all the evidence.
- We waded through the crowded bus station.
- Police waded into the crowd.
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Evans even brought her 3-year-old to wade in the water.
— Amy Yurkanin | Ayurkanin@al.com, al, 25 June 2023 -
Others will get to wade through the ins and outs of sports pacts for CBS in the future.
— Brian Steinberg, Variety, 26 Sep. 2023 -
Rivers like the Rhine, Elbe and Seine dried up to the point that people could wade across them on foot.
— John Last, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 Sep. 2022 -
For more than 12 hours, the men waded in the water and awaited help.
— Abigail Adams, Peoplemag, 16 Aug. 2023 -
True to form, Brad Marchand did not wade back into the pool.
— Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 27 Oct. 2022 -
And although the show’s fight scenes are fun to watch, viewers have to wade through a dull plot to get to them.
— Evan Romano, Men's Health, 17 Aug. 2022 -
The Lego Defender wears spare tires on the hood and rear door, while a snorkel sprouts from the hood to help the Land Rover wade through rivers.
— Caleb Miller, Car and Driver, 20 Mar. 2023 -
Lin described water deep enough to wade in toward the middle of the lake.
— Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 24 Jan. 2024 -
Many studies infer that the Spinosaurus waded in waters near the shore for a quick bite to eat.
— Elizabeth Gamillo, Discover Magazine, 6 Mar. 2024 -
Joel at the end of episode 6, would be to wade too deep into that other River of Death (i.e. spoilers).
— Nick Romano, EW.com, 20 Feb. 2023 -
But so many of Trump – Trump's rivals at this point are just not ready to wade into those waters.
— CBS News, 14 Jan. 2024 -
In a photo from their seaside outing on the Mediterranean, the star waded through the water back to her boat.
— Michael Lee Simpson, Peoplemag, 19 July 2023 -
But wading in the waters of social media can still be tricky.
— Karen Idelson, Variety, 25 Oct. 2023 -
Clear and easy to wade, Michel Creek is renowned for producing some of the region’s biggest cutts, up to 20 inches.
— Chris Santella, Washington Post, 13 Aug. 2022 -
This film is a poignant critique of societal neglect—and the spirit required to wade such a storm.
— Travis Bean, Forbes, 23 Feb. 2024 -
His father wore rubber boots and waded through the water, lifting him up to join others on the bed of a dump truck.
— Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 18 Mar. 2023 -
Team members waded into the swamp to find out exactly where and how.
— Max G. Levy, WIRED, 18 Aug. 2023 -
But wading around in the past or future is a luxury that has not been afforded to her.
— Max Kim, Los Angeles Times, 20 Dec. 2023 -
Avoid swimming or wading in marshy areas where snails can be found.
— Daniel More, Verywell Health, 8 Mar. 2024 -
Their wives then waded into the Thames and dragged them ashore, sometimes nobly heaving the wet flag back on deck so it could be used on the next fallen hero.
— Mike O’Brien, The New Yorker, 9 Nov. 2023 -
That sense is prompting some investors to wade deeper into the sector.
— Hardika Singh, WSJ, 30 Sep. 2022 -
Three officers waded 50 feet from the shore, through thick brush and swamp, to get to Tetewsky, according to police.
— Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN, 4 July 2023 -
Up trails, over rocks, across boulder fields, wading through creeks and spidering up crevices that require two free hands for the rest of us.
— Bill Manny, Idaho Statesman, 31 Jan. 2024 -
Finger and several of his men waded toward it, their weapons drawn, but its occupants had fled.
— Jon Lee Anderson, The New Yorker, 1 Apr. 2024
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