silt

Example Sentences

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The bee began digging into the fine clay-rich silt that had built up in the darker parts of the cave.

From Science Daily • Apr. 3, 2026

Describing the sludge and silt in the tunnel area where Noah's body was eventually found, close to the M2 motorway, he said it "just sucks your feet under" in "absolutely freezing" conditions.

From BBC • Feb. 18, 2026

Prior to the 11th Century, the Cholas had been one among the many squabbling powers that dotted the Kaveri floodplain, the great body of silt that flows through India's present-day state of Tamil Nadu.

From BBC • Jan. 17, 2025

Weeds up to 10 feet high threatened to tangle them, while stirred-up silt made it impossible to see a distance of more than a few inches in the water, according to the Sheriff’s Office.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 24, 2024

The bottom was covered with fine silt and mud that was half water and in this the two rabbits had made furrows as they dragged themselves to shore.

From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams