brackishness

Example Sentences

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But over time it became clear that the new city’s brackishness was a problem.

From The New Yorker • Jan. 19, 2017

One offered that she appreciates how its brackishness, which discourages pounding, works as a moderation mechanism, a check against going out too hard too fast: “It's kind of my wedding drink.”

From Slate • Mar. 14, 2013

These consist partly of marine and partly of freshwater species; but they are few in number, the brackishness of the water appearing to be very unfavorable to the development of testacea.

From Principles of Geology or, The Modern Changes of the Earth and its Inhabitants Considered as Illustrative of Geology by Lyell, Charles, Sir

The water had a suspiciously transparent colour and a slight trace of brackishness, but the latter was scarcely perceptible.

From Successful Exploration Through the Interior of Australia by Wills, William John

The only local disorder is a very malignant sore, which may perhaps be due to the brackishness of the water.

From Fall of the Moghul Empire of Hindustan by Keene, H. G. (Henry George)