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.
  • 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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