bilge

Example Sentences

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If you have ever sat at a restaurant, marveling at the bilge offered on the kids’ menu and wondering how on earth we got here, “Picky” has the answers.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 20, 2026

The ship is built in sections, then joined together on the slipway, supported by keel blocks, bilge blocks, wedges and "shores" - heavy lengths of timber.

From BBC • Apr. 8, 2024

It is oppressively dull work, but at least it isn’t the bilge.

From New York Times • Dec. 9, 2022

Once you’re back aboard, work the bilge pump until you’ve cleared out most of the water.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 16, 2022

A stagnant bilge along the lower bulkhead filled with wet papers and trash.

From "The Road" by Cormac McCarthy