Sentence examples for full of silt from inspiring English sources

You couldn't see through the windows with the damp and condensation, the furniture had tide lines, and the drawers were full of silt.

Glacial streams are full of silt and can behave like quicksand; take great care in crossing them.

He reported having developed a strong craving for pieces of chalk (composed mostly of calcium carbonate (CaCO3) with minor amounts of silt and clay), and was eating up two full boxes every day (100 150 g of CaCO3 daily).

Then there is the problem of silt.

Accumulation of silt has narrowed many sewer channels.

* From: Sergeant Rocco Smith, Admiral of the Silt City Regional Marine Armada, Town of Silt City To: "Gifts for the Good Guys," c/o the Pentagon Thanks for the G.F.G.G. night airdrop.

Freed to flow more swiftly, streams began incising channels through the beds of silt.

Most of what they dug up under tons of silt were houses.

She wiped away the layer of silt on the side and peered at the contents.

So far about a mile has been cleared of silt and reeds.

But dams upriver to conserve water or generate electricity stopped the downstream flow of silt.