How to Use meltwater in a Sentence

meltwater

noun
  • Think of an ice cube sliding across the counter on its own meltwater.
    — Eric Niiler, Wired, 14 Sep. 2020
  • But sometimes the flow of meltwater is blocked by a plug of glacial ice.
    — Evan Bush, NBC news, 14 Aug. 2025
  • There were just a few gray-green pools of meltwater at the bottom.
    — Anna Canny, Anchorage Daily News, 13 Aug. 2023
  • That means there’s both more meltwater and more space to store that water.
    — Anna Canny, Anchorage Daily News, 13 Aug. 2023
  • Ravines formed by past earthquakes have filled with glacier meltwater.
    — Washington Post, 14 Oct. 2021
  • The meltwater will cool beers at the taproom all season long.
    — Gregory Barber, WIRED, 8 Sep. 2023
  • The meltwater drains downward and forms cracks that can cause ice shelf collapse.
    — Gary Griggs, The Mercury News, 24 Jan. 2017
  • Soils were dry last winter, ready to soak up rather than repel meltwater.
    — Brandon Loomis, AZCentral.com, 7 Mar. 2026
  • In the high meltwater years, the ocean is also just warmer overall, the study found.
    — Chris Mooney, Anchorage Daily News, 14 Mar. 2018
  • Our boots plunged deeply into the slushy snow, and puddles of meltwater pooled up along the tents.
    — Douglas Fox, Scientific American, 1 Nov. 2022
  • Among the worst is meltwater from glaciers, ice sheets and ice caps that account for a third of the planet’s sea rise.
    — Jenny Staletovich, miamiherald, 24 Apr. 2017
  • During warmer months, meltwater pools into lakes and streams on the surface of the ice sheet.
    — Isabelle Jani-Friend, CNN, 22 Feb. 2022
  • Dear Tom, Glaciers are melting, and the meltwater ends up in the oceans.
    — Tom Skilling, chicagotribune.com, 2 Mar. 2018
  • In the early years of retreat, a glacier produces a surge of meltwater, swelling streams.
    — Tim Appenzeller, Science | AAAS, 11 Sep. 2019
  • Large drops of meltwater hang from the ceiling, warping like drips from a slow-leaking faucet.
    — Nancy Lord, Alaska Dispatch News, 12 Aug. 2017
  • While the tides stopped in Russell Fjord, the meltwater from glaciers did not.
    — Anchorage Daily News, 8 June 2019
  • Buy a cheap Playmate to keep your drinks cool, then top it up with meltwater from your main cooler.
    — Wes Siler, Outside Online, 15 June 2022
  • The bottom of the meltwater is boiling, but the top of the meltwater sticks to the ice.
    — Jennifer Ouellette, ArsTechnica, 14 Aug. 2025
  • The project feeds on the temporary abundance of glacial meltwater.
    — Ari Caramanica, The Conversation, 8 Apr. 2025
  • The rush of meltwater may be ominous, but Mullen is also alert to its beauty.
    — Mark Jenkins, Washington Post, 6 Dec. 2019
  • And pay attention to that small trickle of meltwater emerging from the toe of the rock glacier.
    — Ashlesha Khatiwada, The Conversation, 1 July 2026
  • Some of it was covered in sand and dirt from crashing against the coast, while larger floes had pools of turquoise meltwater on top.
    — Frank Jordans, The Seattle Times, 26 July 2017
  • Although the meltwater continues to flow through the channels, the ice can no longer glide on top of it.
    — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 18 Aug. 2025
  • Seas rise because glacial ice melts and meltwater makes its way to the ocean, turning land ice into ocean volume.
    — Scott K. Johnson, Ars Technica, 2 Sep. 2020
  • The meltwater fills the depression left behind by the glacier, forming what’s known as a glacial lake.
    — Rachel Ramirez, CNN, 7 Feb. 2023
  • The land is paper-flat and crisscrossed by rivers bulging with meltwater from the Himalaya.
    — Peter Schwartzstein, National Geographic, 17 June 2019
  • At the edges of the ice sheet, that translates to gushing rivers and limpid blue pools of meltwater dotting the ice’s surface.
    — Alejandra Borunda, National Geographic, 1 Aug. 2019
  • But as the ice shrivels, the system passes a tipping point and the flow of meltwater declines.
    — Tim Appenzeller, Science | AAAS, 11 Sep. 2019
  • Chu said, adding that the bodies of water could even store meltwater that would otherwise enter the oceans.
    — NBC News, 29 June 2019
  • Most of these glacial meltwater streams are little creeks less than a mile long, but not the mighty Onyx River.
    — Ken Jennings, Condé Nast Traveler, 12 Feb. 2018

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