How to Use waterlogged in a Sentence

waterlogged

adjective
  • The waterlogged bait now weighs about a pound and a half.
    — The Editors, Field & Stream, 2020-09-29
  • His waterlogged clothes looked like he’d been dunked in the ocean.
    — Dwight Garner, New York Times, 2021-08-23
  • Trees—think about them—are moist, waterlogged, and heavy.
    — Julia Kramer, Bon Appetit, 2017-06-08
  • The match was postponed two months ago due to heavy rain and a waterlogged pitch.
    — USA TODAY, 2018-01-24
  • Earth may be a waterlogged steaming mess, but those who are stuck here make do.
    — Tade Thompson, Wired, 2020-12-18
  • Cars were piled up and the streets were filled with clumps of waterlogged branches.
    — Joseph Wilson and Teresa Medrano, Los Angeles Times, 2024-10-30
  • There is a definite king of beasts in this waterlogged tale.
    — Christopher Smith, Oc Register, 2025-06-05
  • Ensure your plant has soil that is slightly damp to the touch, not waterlogged or dry.
    — Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 2023-09-22
  • The waterlogged front door of his family home had swollen shut.
    — Richard A. Webster, ProPublica, 2022-12-11
  • Make sure to never leave the soil waterlogged or soggy as this can lead to root rot. 6.
    — Lauren David, Better Homes & Gardens, 2024-12-13
  • Carrying a heavy waterlogged snake out of a cage and over some balance beams?
    — Dalton Ross, EW.com, 2022-03-17
  • Sitting in waterlogged soil deprives roots of oxygen and can lead them to rot.
    — Beth Botts, chicagotribune.com, 2021-08-14
  • Back then, the landscape was flat, mostly waterlogged, and thick with greenery.
    — Josie Garthwaite, Discover Magazine, 2012-10-21
  • Driftwood, once waterlogged, can weigh hundreds of pounds, adding to the hazards.
    — Katu Staff, Baltimore Sun, 2024-11-18
  • Because the system is so waterlogged, none of the rain evaporates on its way to the ground.
    — Matthew Cappucci and Ian Livingston, Anchorage Daily News, 2023-08-22
  • Dozens of roads in the state have also been closed due to waterlogged roadways and gaping potholes.
    — Aleanna Siacon, Detroit Free Press, 2018-02-21
  • There are areas of the city that are waterlogged and others that are hundreds of feet from any water source.
    — Alexandra Hardle, The Arizona Republic, 2024-07-09
  • Anything Helene left behind is a waterlogged shell of what used to be.
    — Ayurella Horn-Muller / Grist, Quartz, 2024-10-24
  • In the late-night darkness of June, the smell of waterlogged grass and tree sap mingled with the smell of food waste.
    — Han Kang, The New Yorker, 2023-01-30
  • While Washington fell just shy of a daily record, the waterlogged soils don’t seem to mind.
    — Washington Post, 2021-06-11
  • The birds have a thin black collar-like band around their neck, which might be mistaken as a small waterlogged stick poking up from the sand.
    — Freep.com, 2022-05-27
  • By that point, one of his shoes had ripped, and with the rain soaking the trail for 30 hours, his feet ended up waterlogged and swollen.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 2021-06-22
  • There is a 100% chance of rain Saturday, and with that comes a waterlogged track.
    — John Cherwa, latimes.com, 2018-05-19
  • Police found his body Aug. 29 along a waterlogged roadway, about a mile and a half north of his Friendswood home.
    — Houston Chronicle Staff, Houston Chronicle, 2018-02-08
  • In November, the team sat around for several weeks waiting for the chance to break the record, but rain kept the sand waterlogged.
    — Michael Verdon, Robb Report, 2022-12-12
  • If this is the plants’ first summer in the ground, water lightly in between but let the soil drain first. Waterlogged soil can kill these plants. •
    — Nan Sterman, sandiegouniontribune.com, 2017-08-03
  • Keep the melons watered through summer – about 1 to 2 inches a week or when the soil is dry down the first 4 inches or so -- but not waterlogged.
    — oregonlive, 2021-05-25
  • Heavy rain over the May 15 weekend led to flooded Brook Park basements and waterlogged streets.
    — Beth Mlady, cleveland, 2020-06-05
  • Along the waterlogged way, the Padres learned bench bats remain too thin for the kind of lineups faced when a World Series berth is on the line.
    — Bryce Millercolumnist, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2022-10-23
  • Making the long walk from the main stage to the B-stage in the middle of the stadium, Dessner, too, quickly looked waterlogged.
    — Chris Willman, Variety, 2023-05-08

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