salt water
Example Sentences
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Their hands, arms and legs bore wounds caused by the salt water.
From Barron's • Feb. 10, 2026
It primarily uses fresh water from a reservoir and two tanks, but it also has pumping stations and equipment capable of drawing salt water from San Francisco Bay if necessary.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 17, 2025
The experiments were carried out under various conditions, for example in fresh and salt water.
From Science Daily • Dec. 2, 2024
A full moon or storm tide can cover it for a while, and the salt water does a number on the mortar.
From Slate • Nov. 28, 2024
The old thick walls sucked in coat after coat of whitewash made with lime in salt water, which, as it dried, seemed to have a luminosity of its own.
From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck
