Example Sentences

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But since Ida, owners buy generators and haul 55-gallon drums of diesel across lakes and bayous.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026

“But our Giselle was transposed out of Austria to the bayous of Louisiana, so it made it relevant to us at the time.”

From New York Times • Mar. 31, 2024

A longtime hunter, he had been raised in Orange County but born to roam — into the bayous of Louisiana and the mountains of Colorado and many points between.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 3, 2023

The flat, sparsely populated land divided by the Mississippi River delta is marbled by bayous and bays.

From Washington Times • Aug. 10, 2023

“Yes. But not today. Today we join expert tour guide Merle Hodge on a lavish journey through the Arkansas bayous to seek out the elusive Lazarus woodpecker.”

From "Where Things Come Back" by John Corey Whaley