At least one low-water bridge has been swept away. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
At the time they were training for a low-water crossing. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript May 2, 2007] Reference
"I thought the sea beyond low-water mark was public property.". From Wordnik.com. [Jim Spurling, Fisherman or Making Good] Reference
The river at low-water was sufficiently fresh for us to drink. From Wordnik.com. [Journals of Two Expeditions into the Interior of New South Wales] Reference
But this election seems less a watershed than a low-water mark. From Wordnik.com. [Who'll Have The Last Laugh?] Reference
There is a depth of 14 ft. at low-water spring-tide on the bar. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy"] Reference
Xeriscape, a low-water landscape, makes good sense in the Southwest. From Wordnik.com. [Pamper your pet's paws outdoors] Reference
The night was only needed to float the boat down as far as low-water mark. From Wordnik.com. [Lost in the Fog] Reference
The amount of water-power is gauged solely by the low-water stage of the stream. From Wordnik.com. [Checking the Waste A Study in Conservation] Reference
We were told that it was six feet above the low-water stage of two weeks before. From Wordnik.com. [Through the Grand Canyon from Wyoming to Mexico] Reference
The fort at this post stands two hundred feet perpendicular above low-water mark. From Wordnik.com. [History of Louisisana Or of the Western Parts of Virginia and Carolina: Containing] Reference
The last at high-water level is about 60, and at low-water level 70, square inches. From Wordnik.com. [Things To Make] Reference
He recorded one spot where the high-water mark was 115 feet above the low-water mark. From Wordnik.com. [Through the Grand Canyon from Wyoming to Mexico] Reference
Its low-water mark occurred in Rome in 1960, when the team won a single silver medal. From Wordnik.com. [So Far in Beijing, Canada] Reference
It may even represent the low-water mark in the descending development of divine types. From Wordnik.com. [On the Death of God] Reference
Fort Worth authorities say the woman apparently drove her car through a low-water crossing. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript May 1, 2004] Reference
There was a private dock running out beyond low-water mark just below the very first bungalow. From Wordnik.com. [Cap'n Abe, Storekeeper] Reference
A truck with six passengers plunged off a low-water bridge over the Sigabe River near Mpongo Park. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
They are found clinging to the rocks below low-water mark, and are from one to four feet in length. From Wordnik.com. [Wealth of the World's Waste Places and Oceania] Reference
The Standard & Poor's SmallCap 600 fell 4.23, or 1.1%, to 386.18 -- also near its 52-week low-water mark. From Wordnik.com. [NovaGold] Reference
In these tides, we have a higher high-water and lower high-water as well as higher low-water and lower low-water. From Wordnik.com. [Tide] Reference
The water still gave indications of being higher than low-water mark, although it was falling fast on the Green River. From Wordnik.com. [Through the Grand Canyon from Wyoming to Mexico] Reference
The road was impassable, with low-water bridges washed away in at least three places and the road submerged in others. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
Overall, while there are some glimmers of hope, the situation is a low-water mark for our regulatory and science agencies. From Wordnik.com. [Jeremy Jacquot: The Bush Administration Fails to Make the Grade on Science Transparency 101] Reference
They may also be employed on other forms of boilers, and are much used in connection with whistles for low-water alarms only. From Wordnik.com. [Burroughs' Encyclopaedia of Astounding Facts and Useful Information, 1889] Reference
Perhaps the low-water mark might be fixed at the remembrance that other people have rights and the observance of their claims. From Wordnik.com. [The Education of Catholic Girls] Reference
Many parts of the world experience mixed tides where successive high-water and low-water stands differ appreciably (Figure 6). From Wordnik.com. [Tide] Reference
A pick-up carrying 21 people was swept away by floodwaters at a low-water bridge near Dorset in the Nylstroom area of Northern. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
"Care should be taken not to cross low-water bridges that are topped by a flow of about 50cm of water since it can be dangerous.". From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
But the farther it penetrates the less coursing force it has, and as a result no island is girt completely by a low-water channel. From Wordnik.com. [The Riddle of the Sands]
By the first week of March, the Dow industrials had fallen 13% below their previous low-water mark and were down 25% for the year. From Wordnik.com. [Stocks Rise to End First Quarter] Reference
The high or low-water mark, depending on one's orientation, came with the release of Frank Sinatra's 1967 collaboration with Jobim. From Wordnik.com. [Bossa Nova Still Sexy At 50] Reference
At the extreme low-water of new or full moon tides, the rocks and tide-pools are to be zealously hunted over by the aquarian naturalist. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 08, No. 47, September, 1861] Reference
The area, suffering through limited rainfall and drought in many areas, faces a low-water year, which means water will be in short supply. From Wordnik.com. [Drought in 'Paradise' Another Wake-up Call on Water Crisis] Reference
The bay has long been recognized as one of the best on the Argentine coast, and when the channel is properly dredged, will admit steamers of 30 ft. draught at low-water. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy"] Reference
As the whole afternoon would be taken up in floating the boat down to low-water mark, the morning would have to be employed in making whatever arrangements might be necessary. From Wordnik.com. [Lost in the Fog] Reference
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