turbid

Example Sentences

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The emptying of the reservoirs has released vast amounts of sediment that had accumulated behind the dams, sending pulses of turbid brown water into the river.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 28, 2024

To preserve the important intertidal areas and salt marshes off our coasts for the future, we need more turbid water.

From Science Daily • May 6, 2024

Ukrainian troops evacuated its staff before a 4-meter wave of turbid, polluted water flooded the station and its breeding ponds.

From Science Magazine • Jan. 3, 2024

Within them, turbid pockets of gas were forced ever inward, kindling the fires that would end the cosmic dark ages.

From National Geographic • Sep. 14, 2023

It was very easy for the pure, fine material to come together, but extremely difficult for the heavy, turbid material to solidify.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan