How to Use waterwheel in a Sentence

waterwheel

noun
  • Still the wind blows, the rain falls, the waterwheel goes round.
    — Harrison Smith, Washington Post, 8 Apr. 2018
  • The press was run by a waterwheel that frequently got jammed by fish.
    — Joe Mozingo, latimes.com, 17 June 2018
  • This is a giant, historic wood waterwheel that was used to grind wheat into grain.
    — Tom Stienstra, SFChronicle.com, 21 Feb. 2020
  • There is a saltwater infinity pool, a hot tub and a koi pond with a waterwheel.
    — Kathy Orton, Washington Post, 26 Aug. 2022
  • Inside, a waterwheel dropped chalky white lime dust into the vermillion stream below.
    — Eliza Griswold, The New Yorker, 26 Aug. 2022
  • In other cases, the clocks were driven by the same waterwheel that powered the factory.
    — Jonathon Keats, Forbes, 31 Aug. 2021
  • Meanwhile, in the bathroom by the bedroom, my kids’ old faded plastic waterwheel waits motionless in the tub.
    — New York Times, 29 Apr. 2020
  • As a simple mental picture, imagine a clock with gears connected to a waterwheel instead of a motor.
    — Jonathon Keats, Discover Magazine, 8 Apr. 2021
  • The rustic building with a waterwheel sits in contrast to the neighboring art deco buildings, erected in the same decade.
    — Dallas News, 29 Sep. 2022
  • There are jetty lights, shiplights, brass lanterns, searchlights, deck lights plus porthole windows, a waterwheel in the yard and plenty of places to sit on the dock of the bay.
    — Janet Eastman, OregonLive.com, 30 Apr. 2018
  • Inside Mutton’s Mill is a rare waterwheel, once used to drain the marshes here for agricultural purposes.
    — Chris Baraniuk, WIRED, 11 Sep. 2024
  • Once waterwheel is entrenched, management options are limited.
    — Marion Renault, New York Times, 13 Aug. 2019
  • This whimsical garden is complete with decorative windmill, waterwheel, and cheery flowers.
    — Sarah Miller, Midwest Living, 29 Apr. 2026
  • Our cells generate fuel with one such engine, a gigantic protein called ATP synthase, which acts like a kind of molecular waterwheel.
    — Carl Zimmer, New York Times, 26 Dec. 2017
  • Dog-friendly outdoor seating capitalizes on the energy from neighboring bars and clubs, while inside diners find a touch of steampunk in decor accented by gears, tooled leather and vintage waterwheels.
    — Katherine Rodeghier, Dallas News, 18 June 2019
  • This water-energy-food nexus goes back centuries—maybe even to the first waterwheels around 100 BCE, which affected fishing downstream.
    — Noah Gordon, The New Republic, 29 Mar. 2023
  • By day, visitors wander past mirror-like rice paddies and mossy waterwheels—pausing at Wada House to glimpse Edo-era life with silkworm trays, saltpeter trade ledgers, and a grand Buddhist altar glowing in the hearthlight.
    — Lewis Nunn, Forbes.com, 24 Aug. 2025
  • At the springhead, visitors can swim in crystal-clear waters, then explore a historic millhouse and waterwheel constructed in the 1930s by the Civilian Conservation Corps.
    — Patrick Connolly, orlandosentinel.com, 17 Oct. 2021
  • Imagineering then set out to re-create the original Swiss Family Treehouse waterwheel, calling upon the company’s archives division to dig up the historical structure.
    — Todd Martens, Los Angeles Times, 16 Nov. 2023
  • Gone are the static animals of yore, replaced by a bevy of animatronic and mechanical critters, self-playing instruments and a dazzling, functional waterwheel, a throwback to the original Swiss Family Treehouse that opened at Disneyland in 1962.
    — Todd Martens, Los Angeles Times, 3 Nov. 2023

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