bayou

Example Sentences

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Based in Houma, in the heart of the Louisiana bayou, they began enjoying increased prices for their catch last year.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 31, 2025

As we dip into the bayou, the scene before us feels a tad mystical, all glowing fireflies with hues of blue and purple seeping through the trees.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2024

At the end of May, dusk yawns deep over the bayou, spinning orange-pink gold across summer-green front lawns, softening the day-bleached glare of pearlshell gravel roads.

From Salon • May 10, 2024

In all, Penix completed 29 of 38 passes and threw for 430 yards and two touchdowns, a bayou battering.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 1, 2024

I don’t want to feel the sadness caught in my chest start to rise and fill me up until it feels like I’m stuck beneath the water of the bayou.

From "King and the Dragonflies" by Kacen Callender