waterless

Example Sentences

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On a misty winter's day in the English midlands, engineers struggled to drag stranded narrowboats from a waterless, mud-filled canal that collapsed weeks earlier, in a delicate, multi-million-pound rescue operation.

From Barron's • Feb. 11, 2026

Since then, he’s been drywashing, a waterless process that uses air to separate heavy materials, such as gold, from the lighter dirt and sediment.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 4, 2024

Alchemie is not the only company attempting a nearly waterless dye process.

From BBC • Nov. 4, 2024

Steps away was the freshly painted but waterless pool, behind a locked chain-link fence.

From New York Times • Jul. 23, 2023

Jess pulled out some waterless hand cleaner while her husband went to get the four of us hot dogs.

From "Three Little Words: A Memoir" by Ashley Rhodes-Courter