Example Sentences
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His administration joined forces with Gov. Mario M. Cuomo and sluiced money into assisted housing for the mentally ill.
From New York Times • Nov. 25, 2020
Gaze into one facet, and you see nothing between downtown and the Ship Canal but asphalt and concrete; what used to be Queen Anne Hill has been sluiced away, filling much of Lake Union.
From Seattle Times • Jun. 7, 2018
Later, I bike down to Boise Whitewater Park, where two artificially sluiced standing waves draw kayakers and surfers but, alas, I’ll have to return to catch this.
From Washington Post • Dec. 13, 2017
If true, it would have largely defeated the purpose of requiring the keycard insertion—not to mention all those sluiced doors and biometrics and PIN codes—in the first place.
From Slate • Dec. 21, 2016
Water sluiced out, slooshing with it a pair of enormous fish.
From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell
