salt water

Example Sentences

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She swallowed salt water, but there was another sharp taste there too.

From Literature

Bull sharks, which can be found in both fresh water and salt water, are "one of the few sharks that are potentially dangerous to people", the Australian Museum says.

From BBC

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

But salt water had soaked its roots and eighteen months later, it died.

From Literature

Everything on the bottom floor of the reactor buildings—including the diesel generators they so desperately needed to run the reactors—had been submerged in salt water.

From Literature