silty

• “Soil that contains a lot of silt is called silty soil.”

  Chapter 6

• “Tracks leading up into the scrubby, windswept highlands of the Slieve Aughty and down toward silty creek beds and swift rivers flowing south and west toward Lough Derg and the Shannon.”

  Simon & Schuster: Earl of Durkness

• ““Quite,” Rat said as she put her hands on the silty, stony bottom and let her legs float on the gentle current.”

  Simon & Schuster: So Much Pretty

• “The water was freezing, she could barely feel the smooth stones and silty bottom on her numb feet.”

  Simon & Schuster: So Much Pretty

• “The mood lightened, but the word “blackmail” hung in the air, dark and silty.”

  Simon & Schuster: The Bird House

• “Solemn straight hair, eyes like silty ocean water.”

  Simon & Schuster: The Bird House

• “I stayed at the Four Seasons Tented Camp Golden Triangle, an enclave of 15 luxurious guest tents situated in a tall bamboo grove along the silty Ruak River, a Mekong tributary.”

  The Wall Street Journal: A Very Big Game

• “Here, time moves as slowly as the silty water, and Rourke uses it to lay down a few pleasing ruminations.”

  The Guardian: Not the Booker prize: The Canal by Lee Rourke

• “The corpse is then left to decompose in its silty grave for two to five months, depending on the season.”

  The Wall Street Journal: You Eat That?

• “We lift off effortlessly and bank to the left, heading across the silty grey-blue waters of Cook Inlet - home to commercial fisheries, endangered beluga whales, and small coastal communities.”

  The Huffington Post: Jeanne Devon ("AKMuckraker"): Chuitna and the Curse of Coal

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