How to Use low water in a Sentence

low water

noun
  • Even with the low water flow of late summer, this spot is gorgeous.
    — Susan Glaser, cleveland, 27 Aug. 2020
  • But this is not the first time the low water levels have revealed the ship.
    — CBS News, 18 Oct. 2022
  • Can any of the high water use plants be replaced with low water use plants?
    — Richard Restuccia, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 May 2021
  • Part of the reason for this is fall water is often low water.
    — Joe Cermele, Field & Stream, 2 Nov. 2023
  • Others said that their showers had low water pressure and took too long to heat up.
    — J.k. Dineen, San Francisco Chronicle, 20 Feb. 2022
  • The drought combined with high heat to produce all-time low water levels.
    — Amanda Jackson, CNN, 30 Sep. 2023
  • The low water flows have left huge swathes of marshland completely dry.
    — Wil Crisp, WIRED, 21 Jan. 2023
  • The rule of thumb is to plant smaller plants with low water needs at the top of the embankment.
    — The San Diego Union Tribune, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Mar. 2026
  • The hand sink at the server’s station had low water pressure.
    — Veronica Fernandez-Alvarado may 15, Sacbee.com, 15 May 2026
  • The app also sends alerts of low water levels, when to change the filter, and when to clean.
    — Simon Hill, Wired News, 12 July 2025
  • Practice caution around low water crossings, where street drains may back up and cause rain to pool.
    — Zach Urness, USA Today, 15 Aug. 2025
  • Make sure to use a low water pressure and clean and disinfect your bidet every now and then.
    — Maggie O'Neill, Health, 21 Nov. 2023
  • During times of inclement weather, there can be low water pressure in the pipes.
    — Claire Gillespie, Health.com, 19 Feb. 2021
  • Locals know the ruins well; in low water, swimmers sometimes rest on the stones.
    — Ruth Sherlock, NPR, 28 Nov. 2025
  • Ryan said low water levels caused by Utah’s drought made the car visible in the first place.
    — Connor Sanders, The Salt Lake Tribune, 6 Aug. 2021
  • The key culprits were drought, low water supply, and the removal of orchards.
    — Vanessa Yurkevich, CNN, 17 Aug. 2022
  • During a low water trip like ours, the rapid is a bony rock garden that could easily bump a raft off its line.
    — Madison Dapcevich, Outside, 13 Sep. 2025
  • The key was low water and a falling tide -- two things that almost always follow the passage of cold fronts.
    — Todd Masson, NOLA.com, 27 Oct. 2017
  • And the low water levels also raise the stakes if anything in the Rhine shipping route goes wrong.
    — Alena Botros, Fortune, 4 Aug. 2022
  • The water issues caused low water pressure through much of the capital city.
    — Nicole Fallert, USA TODAY, 30 Aug. 2022
  • Anglers are drifting roe or worms with Corkies, but success has been poor because of low water.
    — sacbee, 20 Mar. 2018
  • When flames were sparked, icy roads and low water pressure hampered the response of firefighters.
    — Brian Chasnoff, San Antonio Express-News, 22 Feb. 2021
  • The tens of thousands of fish eventually sucked up all of the oxygen in the low water levels of the creek.
    — Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 19 Oct. 2022
  • The low water makes many of our classic spring bays untenable for the fish because the water is too skinny.
    — Jill Dutton, Field & Stream, 11 Mar. 2021
  • The break prompted a shut-off of the water supply which resulted in low water pressure.
    — Wayne K. Roustan, sun-sentinel.com, 10 Apr. 2021
  • The low water levels in the lake have presented some challenges, mainly in the way of a landlocked dock.
    — The Salt Lake Tribune, 10 June 2022
  • Foods with high water content will usually heat up quicker than foods with low water content.
    — Brittany Lubeck, Verywell Health, 20 Oct. 2025
  • Because the western end of the lake is very shallow, the wind and low water can make for hazardous maritime travel.
    — Kevin Sabet, Newsweek, 24 Mar. 2025
  • There are few signs of relief for the low water levels on the Mississippi.
    — Chris Isidore, CNN, 7 Oct. 2022
  • Some residents in parts of the city have low water pressure or none at all, according to a press release from the city.
    — Sophie Reardon, CBS News, 17 Nov. 2021

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