How to Use basin in a Sentence

basin

noun
  • Fill up a sink or basin with cool water.
    — Caroline Lubinsky, Martha Stewart, 6 Feb. 2026
  • But drought is just one of the basin’s problems.
    — The Week Us, TheWeek, 8 June 2026
  • The drone took off with a whir and flew to the far side of the basin.
    — Anna Canny, Anchorage Daily News, 13 Aug. 2023
  • Clear trash and debris from storm drains and catch basins along your block.
    — Chelsea Brasted, Axios, 9 Sep. 2024
  • Nearly all of Wyoming’s basins are at record lows.
    — Christine Peterson, Outdoor Life, 15 Apr. 2026
  • Bathing in an old enamel basin has become my norm.
    — Soo Kim, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 Aug. 2025
  • Most of the water in both basins supplies farms.
    — Brandon Loomis, AZCentral.com, 17 Jan. 2026
  • The air in the basin wasn’t ruled healthy to breathe for almost five months of the year.
    — Ed O’Neal, WSJ, 21 May 2021
  • Part-time residents own more than half of all homes in the basin.
    — Scott Sonner, USA TODAY, 17 Oct. 2021
  • But the basin may be down to its last few years of extractable water.
    — Fred Pearce, WIRED, 9 Mar. 2024
  • In the first clip, Wren was held over the basin as his full head of hair was washed.
    — Hannah Sacks, Peoplemag, 20 Nov. 2023
  • In the first clip, Wren is held over the basin as his full head of hair gets washed.
    — Hannah Sacks, Peoplemag, 17 Oct. 2023
  • Many miles away, a crystalline lake sat in the basin between two sharp slopes.
    — Jennifer Miller, Washington Post, 8 Mar. 2021
  • Rinse the sink basin briefly so leftover residue doesn’t bond to the surface.
    — Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Charlotte Observer, 30 Apr. 2026
  • Sit lighter-weight pots in a basin of water and let the water wick to the top.
    — Nan Sterman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 June 2024
  • Pipelines bring crude from inland basins.
    — Robert Rapier, Forbes.com, 24 May 2026
  • The five basins have different rules.
    — Clara Migoya, AZCentral.com, 29 Jan. 2026
  • This year will be even lower due to record-low snowpack across much of the basin.
    — Elise Schmelzer, Denver Post, 19 Apr. 2026
  • This is the 3rd time this name has been used in the Atlantic basin.
    — Peter Aitken hollie Silverman, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 Aug. 2025
  • Again, this basin gets no runoff from the Rocky Mountains.
    — Allen Best, Denver Post, 14 June 2026
  • Some of the most popular parks are in and around the Tahoe basin.
    — Gregory Thomas, San Francisco Chronicle, 7 Jan. 2022
  • Fill a bathtub or large basin with cool to lukewarm water.
    — Katie Cloyd, Martha Stewart, 22 Apr. 2026
  • The 2,000-foot-long basin was drained and a tinted.
    — Matthew Daly, Los Angeles Times, 25 June 2026
  • And it’s all built into a small basin at the foot of a bowl of steep Dolomite peaks.
    — Zack Pierce, New York Times, 13 Feb. 2026
  • Lower-basin states want upper-basin ones to use less and vice versa.
    — Mark Gongloff, Mercury News, 21 Mar. 2026
  • This could be a floor drain, utility sink, large basin or bucket.
    — Jamie Cuccinelli, Martha Stewart, 31 Jan. 2026
  • His rapturous barks bounce from wall to wall around the granite basin.
    — Ted Katauskas, Outside, 23 Sep. 2025
  • This year’s drought is part of the new climate regime the basin is shifting into.
    — Anna V. Smith, Wired, 5 June 2021
  • There are not many basins globally that are undrilled.
    — Jordan Blum, Fortune, 22 Oct. 2025
  • Don't forget to spray inside the basin of the sink as well as the faucet and handles.
    — Mary Catherine McAnnally Scott, Southern Living, 17 Aug. 2024

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