swale
Example Sentences
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During this year’s record rainfall, Bautista was delighted to see that the swale he installed handled the overflow water “like a champ.”
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 19, 2023
“A swale is cheap and affordable and can handle much more water than a rain barrel,” Bautista said.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 19, 2023
“It’s like there is a wall, a miserable border,” Bill Jones said of the grassy swale between their homes, before he recently moved to an assisted living facility in Sooke.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 13, 2022
And a fine scramble by Spieth, who gets up and down from the swale to the right of the green, knocking in another of those breath-shortening tiddlers.
From The Guardian • Jul. 18, 2021
Or wandered into a swale where the air was bad, and never returned.
From "The Girl Who Drank the Moon" by Kelly Barnhill
