How to Use slough in a Sentence

slough

1 of 2 noun
  • But the slough was never fully dry.
    — Brandon Loomis, AZCentral.com, 15 Dec. 2025
  • The slough was wallowing with carp.
    — Byron W. Dalrymple, Outdoor Life, 4 June 2026
  • On the descent, a large slough of snow caught Adam and ripped off one of his skis.
    — Christopher Solomon, Outside Online, 22 Mar. 2018
  • But off to the side, his slough from the top loosened a giant pillow of snow.
    — Amelia Arvesen, Outside Online, 30 Oct. 2020
  • Next, slough off the cornstarch with a toothbrush and then repeat on the back side.
    — Wendy Rose Gould, Martha Stewart, 30 Apr. 2026
  • In case this is done, that street that is now laid out through the slough will have to be vacated by the process of law.
    — Contributed Content, Twin Cities, 7 Feb. 2025
  • Once that’s been melted to water, larger chunks of the ice slough off much more easily.
    — Andrew P. Collins, The Drive, 8 Jan. 2026
  • The slough is just one of countless places where bass may spawn, though, including in the main river channel.
    — Brandon Loomis, AZCentral.com, 15 Dec. 2025
  • The three of us, along with a chocolate Lab and a golden retriever, sat in a blind built on a high bank above a slough.
    — Steve Meyer, Anchorage Daily News, 18 Oct. 2020
  • The flock of perhaps 30 widgeon dipped low over the decoys swaying in the current of the tidal slough.
    — Steve Meyer, Anchorage Daily News, 18 Oct. 2020
  • Find a general area where ducks seem to be frequenting and then mark the public sloughs and potholes that can’t be seen from the road.
    — Alex Robinson, Outdoor Life, 6 Aug. 2025
  • If something happens to the water, land or the sloughs that hold the wild rice beds, the tribe has nowhere else to go, Tsosie explained.
    — Caitlin Looby, jsonline.com, 13 Aug. 2025
  • The agency treated the slough with the fish killer rotenone on Saturday and Sunday.
    — Brandon Loomis, USA TODAY, 19 Sep. 2022
  • The stand collar is ideal for keeping the chill out, too, while a water-resistant fabric sloughs off rain and snow with ease.
    — Michelle Tchea, Travel + Leisure, 12 Jan. 2026
  • The Cripple checkpoint, by contrast, is little more than a plywood shack near a spruce thicket on a frozen swampy slough.
    — Zachariah Hughes, Anchorage Daily News, 11 Mar. 2022
  • Last year a rank Angus cow, unbranded, unclaimed, and unpredictable as a prairie fire, holed up in the slough.
    — Andrew McKean, Outdoor Life, 20 Nov. 2025
  • The frame can hold up to 650 pounds, while the fabric sloughs away dirt, drizzle, even the occasional spill of wine.
    — Francesca Krempa, Travel + Leisure, 8 Sep. 2025
  • In the nearby town of Burlington, the river did overtop a slough off the Skagit.
    — Evan Bush, NBC news, 13 Dec. 2025
  • Hauntingly beautiful ghost orchids cling to pond apple trees growing right out of cypress sloughs.
    — Elise Bennett, The Orlando Sentinel, 15 May 2025
  • The beauty of fall in this Far North country seemed to concentrate its glories in this quiet back slough.
    — Anton Money, Outdoor Life, 4 June 2026
  • Book a kayak tour from Bayfield (or head out on your own) and float into dark coastal caves, among dots of forest, or even inland to the rivers and sloughs.
    — Jacqueline Kehoe, AFAR Media, 21 May 2025
  • Sisco said restoring the slough can be an example for bringing back more natural waterways.
    — Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 27 June 2023
  • They're mostly found in the swamps, sloughs, wetlands, and drainage ditches of the western coastal plain, and are occasionally found around rivers and lakes.
    — Jack Armstrong, Memphis Commercial Appeal, 3 June 2026
  • The venture joins what has been a slough of new restaurants and stores laying claim to Naperville’s Route 59 corridor.
    — Rafael Guerrero, chicagotribune.com, 8 Dec. 2021
  • The next day before daylight, wardens sat nearby listening for shots in the slough and not long after sunrise, hunters began shooting in the slough.
    — Jay R. Jordan, Chron, 19 Mar. 2021
  • Philip would have argued that some sort of shield is required, by all of us, whatever our situation, to fend off any sudden blows and to steel us for the slough of boredom.
    — Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 9 Apr. 2021
  • Another hunting party had set up on the far side and to avoid getting peppered with shot, I was specifically told not to go past a point on the slough.
    — Steve Meyer, Anchorage Daily News, 18 Sep. 2022
  • The slough is a coastal estuary near Buccaneer Beach that’s stagnant most of the year and sometimes floods at high tide or during winter storms.
    — Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Nov. 2020
  • Improve your skin’s texture with a retinol formula, slough off dead skin cells with a body brush or facial cleansing brush, or brighten up with a vitamin C sheet mask.
    — Jamie Allison Sanders, People.com, 21 Aug. 2025
  • The slough that harbored little bass in 2022 lay a few miles from the dam behind a cobbled sandbar sheltering it from the flow for a few hundred yards.
    — Brandon Loomis, AZCentral.com, 15 Dec. 2025

slough

2 of 2 verb
  • My book tries to slough the stigma from the words, to say it all aloud without shame.
    — Literary Hub, 29 Apr. 2026
  • The sins of the father are cheerfully sloughed off on the son.
    — Elizabeth Nelson, Pitchfork, 22 Jan. 2026
  • The scale insects and sooty mold should slough off over a period of weeks.
    — Orlando Sentinel, 4 Mar. 2023
  • Bits of soft rock sloughed off in the blaze, and a huge fireball briefly flared like a torch in the night sky.
    — Joanna Thompson, Scientific American, 25 June 2023
  • The three main characters slough off old personas, then slip into new ones.
    — Malcolm Forbes Special To The Star Tribune, Star Tribune, 18 Sep. 2020
  • These ingredients help slough away dead skin cells that can cause breakouts.
    — Cristina Montemayor, Men's Health, 5 Dec. 2022
  • So when their limbs are threatened, many harvestmen will simply slough them off and scram.
    — Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 3 Aug. 2021
  • This is exfoliation night—so get ready to clear your pores and slough away dead, dull skin.
    — Maggie O'Neill, SELF, 17 Sep. 2022
  • Over time, the bits of rock sloughed off the comet drift away from its orbital path, so the meteors spread out in space.
    — Phil Plait, Scientific American, 11 Aug. 2023
  • Dirt, body oil, and dead skin cells sloughed off during bathing also contribute to this sticky residue.
    — Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 22 May 2026
  • Dirt, body oil, and dead skin cells sloughed off during bathing also contribute to this sticky residue.
    — Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 28 Sep. 2025
  • Use it wet or dry to increase blood circulation and slough off that dead winter skin.
    — Michelle Duncan, Rolling Stone, 21 Feb. 2024
  • It can be used with water or cleanser in circular motions to gently slough off dead skin cells.
    — Rebecca Deczynski, Health.com, 24 Feb. 2021
  • And for any residual dullness that’s left on the skin, Goop’s dry brush will slough it off with ease.
    — Kiana Murden, Vogue, 27 Oct. 2023
  • During that process, many of those cells slough off and must be regenerated.
    — Erika Edwards, NBC News, 19 July 2023
  • This will soften and nourish skin while also sloughing away any roughness.
    — Maddy Zollo Rusbosin, Women's Health, 27 Feb. 2023
  • Some synthetics have additives that are designed to help slough off sludge.
    — Annie White, Car and Driver, 3 Dec. 2020
  • Edward is in the grip of a grotesque malady that causes his flesh to desiccate and slough away.
    — Sam Sacks, WSJ, 17 June 2022
  • This talented twofer not only creates space in your shower but also sloughs away dead skin from head to toe.
    — Anneke Knot, Peoplemag, 19 July 2023
  • This facial peel uses plant medicine to slough away dead skin to stimulate cell renewal.
    — Sophie Saint Thomas, Forbes, 8 Nov. 2021
  • Detox Shampoo is just the ticket to slough away dirt and oil while conditioning hair.
    — Kiana Murden, Vogue, 15 Dec. 2022
  • The bamboo spheres slough away dead skin while the hyaluronic acid and antioxidants boost and brighten.
    — Jennifer Aldrich, Better Homes & Gardens, 1 Sep. 2020
  • Add retinol to your routine to help slough away dead skin and lighten the appearance of dark marks left behind from breakouts.
    — Emily Burns, ELLE, 6 Dec. 2022
  • Eventually, even that will slough off, pushed out by the growing inner layer.
    — Francine Kiefer, The Christian Science Monitor, 28 Aug. 2020
  • With their glue dissolved by glycolic acid, those tough, rough layers of dead skin cells can more easily slough away.
    — Deanna Pai, Glamour, 20 May 2025
  • Lactic acid is an alpha-hydroxy acid, which gently sloughs away dead skin cells to reveal softer, smoother skin.
    — Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 9 Apr. 2026
  • From a slew of acids, designed to slough off dead skin cells, to masks that help draw and absorb oil, the sheer array can be overwhelming.
    — Diana Tsui, Footwear News, 15 May 2026
  • La Prairie’s Foam Cleanser transforms from a rich cream to a silky mousse that deftly sloughs away dirt and oils.
    — Kiana Murden, Vogue, 19 Dec. 2024
  • Digging around Amazon led me to a skin-sloughing solution.
    — Sophie Wirt, InStyle, 22 May 2026
  • Each one is long enough to slough even tough-to-reach places like your back, and comes in an assortment of gorgeous colors to match any bathroom scheme.
    — Kristina Rodulfo, ELLE, 10 Feb. 2020

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