salt water

Example Sentences

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Their hands, arms and legs bore wounds caused by the salt water.

From Barron's • Feb. 10, 2026

Surfers say the ions in salt water make you happy.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 7, 2025

The experiments were carried out under various conditions, for example in fresh and salt water.

From Science Daily • Dec. 2, 2024

A full moon or storm tide can cover it for a while, and the salt water does a number on the mortar.

From Slate • Nov. 28, 2024

She leaps into the waves and comes back up again, her locks flying with salt water everywhere.

From "Hurricane Child" by Kheryn Callender