wade

Example Sentences

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Were you hoping to wade into the blooms, perhaps plop down in your summer shorts and snap a photo for social?

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 23, 2026

However, Holyrood members will first have to wade through about 300 proposed changes to the Bill, which will be debated in the chamber across three days, starting on Tuesday.

From BBC • Mar. 10, 2026

Skyrocketing home prices and mortgage rates have made it harder for some buyers to wade into the market, and dissuaded homeowners who otherwise might sell from moving.

From Barron's • Feb. 17, 2026

Fanning’s ability to hop between a thorny Norwegian drama and a high-concept alien movie is exactly the kind of exciting malleability that audiences forced to wade through modern cinema’s sea of sameness deserve.

From Salon • Jan. 24, 2026

We reached a clearing at the creek bed and studied the rocky, parched ground, and I imagined a time when this had been a lively stream that one could wade in for a swim.

From "Moon Over Manifest" by Clare Vanderpool