How to Use white water in a Sentence

white water

noun
  • The canoe got caught in white water.
  • The white water and white skin and white tub all glare at me.
    — Katherine Dunn, The New Yorker, 4 May 2020
  • Some start screaming, some grit their teeth and brace for white water.
    — al, 28 July 2021
  • Waddling to and fro is tough enough; these folks have to be able to swim through white water in them.
    — Steve Hendrix, Washington Post, 6 Jan. 2018
  • The slender, three-and-a-half-foot tall apes are searching for rushes and white water lilies.
    — Roni Dengler, Discover Magazine, 2 July 2019
  • Stretching before them was white water ripping through a land-mine of boulders.
    — Curtis Varnell The Timepiece, arkansasonline.com, 27 Oct. 2024
  • If the white water views and pastoral acres don’t entice you, perhaps the many amenities will.
    — Emma Reynolds, Robb Report, 8 Apr. 2022
  • Go rock climbing, take a ski lesson, snowshoe, kayak, or book a white water rafting tour.
    — Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Miami Herald, 30 Jan. 2026
  • Rothe suggests those going white water rafting wear sneakers that can get wet or sandals with a heel strap.
    — Chris Biderman, Sacramento Bee, 7 June 2024
  • There is barely any type; the logo, the only discernible graphic, is a large white water drop shape.
    — New York Times, 24 Mar. 2021
  • Moments later there was another mighty boil of white water and Packard soared out of the ocean and flopped back down.
    — Washington Post, 14 June 2021
  • Choose from skiing in winter and white water rafting, canyoning, and ziplining in the warmer months.
    — AFAR Media, 23 Dec. 2024
  • Pink and white water lilies dot its surface, and paperbark forests, pandanus and fresh water mangroves line its shores.
    — Smithsonian, 7 Apr. 2017
  • Founder Mark Paigen was a white water rafting and fly-fishing guide in Colorado.
    — Outdoor Life, 25 Jan. 2021
  • The captain noted currents, white water, and a significant amount of ice and debris near the edges of the fjord.
    — Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 10 May 2026
  • The river — a popular spot for white water rafting around this time of the year — is fast-moving and dangerous.
    — Ruben Vives, Los Angeles Times, 2 May 2025
  • Learn how to use Vaseline and a few other common household products to remove white water rings.
    — Mary Marlowe Leverette, The Spruce, 10 Jan. 2026
  • The white water drops 272 feet, creating a rainbow with the mist below if the sun is shining just right.
    — Brent Schrotenboer, USA TODAY, 21 Aug. 2019
  • Our boat strained at its anchor line as a nearby torrent of white water poured into Seseganaga Lake.
    — Paul A. Smith, Journal Sentinel, 13 June 2022
  • The stretchy, comfy bathing suit provides enough movement and support for white water rafting or a full day of water slides at your hotel pool.
    — Kristine Solomon, Travel + Leisure, 31 May 2023
  • However, nothing compared to the white water rafting mishap at age 21.
    — Rosalind Bowling, The Tennessean, 19 Dec. 2024
  • What started as a distant rumble grew into an earthquake-like tremor—a freight train of white water barreling toward them.
    — Scott Travers, Forbes, 22 Feb. 2025
  • There is plenty to do outdoors, like boating, kayaking, white water rafting, hiking, skiing, and more.
    — Emilee Coblentz, Outside, 24 Nov. 2025
  • There are emotionally unavailable hunters, and white water rafting trips that indicate the end of love.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 9 Dec. 2025
  • In a video posted by the group, the marine mammals can be seen repeatedly breaching the turquoise waves, sending white water flying.
    — Brendan Rascius, Miami Herald, 3 June 2025
  • The contrast between the peaceful upper river and the white water of the gorge below is incredible.
    — Sarah Kingdom, Forbes.com, 23 May 2026
  • The white water would tinge red from the bedrock sandstone, and ominous rumbling sounds would be heard as boulders the size of cars belched from one of the spillways into the river.
    — John D'anna, azcentral, 18 July 2019
  • Josiah Mayo, one of Pàckard's crewmates, witnessed the moment when the whale spat him back out in an eruption of bubbling white water.
    — Elizabeth Gamillo, Smithsonian Magazine, 15 June 2021
  • Permanent white water The macro tailwind is real and unwelcome.
    — Boaz Sobrado, Forbes.com, 15 May 2026
  • Hutch was a white water rafting guide in Ontario who got pulled into the water after a rafter fell off the boat and pulled on Hutch's life jacket.
    — Rosalind Bowling, The Tennessean, 19 Dec. 2024

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