Explore Backwater through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like water or region. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Backwater meaning
- The water held back by a dam or other obstruction.
- A remote place: somewhere that remains unaffected by new events, progresses, ideas, etc; any field of endeavor that figuratively resembles such a place.
- A rowing stroke in which the oar is pushed forward to stop the boat; see back water
Using Backwater
- The main meaning on this page is: The water held back by a dam or other obstruction. | A remote place: somewhere that remains unaffected by new events, progresses, ideas, etc; any field of endeavor that figuratively resembles such a place. | A rowing stroke in which the oar is pushed forward to stop the boat; see back water
- Useful related words include: body of water, water, region.
- In the example corpus, backwater often appears in combinations such as: backwater in, backwater that, backwater to.
Context around Backwater
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23.2 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 8 middle, 9 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Backwater
- In this selection, "backwater" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 23.2 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, yazoo, tennessee, seeded, areas, flood and part stand out and add context to how "backwater" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a bureaucratic backwater in the and ashfield s backwater locations it. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "backwater" sits close to words such as aaryan, abating and absolved, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with backwater
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Fish in deeper cuts with some vegetation in backwater areas. (10 words)
The UK is a 'backwater' of global markets, says Nick Train,. (11 words)
It means that life arose more than once in our backwater solar system. (13 words)
The Georgia State Election Board, once a bureaucratic backwater in the state election apparatus, has thrust itself into national headlines with a 3-2 right-wing majority that has aligned itself closely with rules rooted in election conspiracy theories. (39 words)
It’s all perfect ingredients for an existential midlife crisis, which Strings commences somewhere between the Kansas City hotel near his latest movie shoot and the Tennessee backwater where Ma McCrane’s funeral is to be held. (37 words)
But less than three decades later, a Third World backwater has become a First World powerhouse, with many of its enemies recognizing that the nation is simply too strong and too wealthy to be destroyed. (35 words)
Example sentences (20)
Economically speaking, the Arctic will likely remain a backwater for market-driven economies for the foreseeable future.
That's the initial reason that I've been sent out to this backwater part of the galaxy, as he describes it.
The UK is a 'backwater' of global markets, says Nick Train,.
Afrobeats, particularly, features a range of artists who sing in recollection of their struggles in hoods or backwater areas as children.
Barwani (Madhya Pradesh): Narmada's backwater level has reached a critical point at Rajghat in Barwani, with the water level already three metres above the danger mark.
Further downstream on the Yadkin River, Hollywood Drive near Gubb Ferry Road north of East Spencer will likely begin to flood due to backwater on Town Creek.
I say, cheers for such madness left unchecked and unapologetic, a wildness of heart that celebrates and holds every feeder creek and current, every wetland and backwater and swamp.
It’s all perfect ingredients for an existential midlife crisis, which Strings commences somewhere between the Kansas City hotel near his latest movie shoot and the Tennessee backwater where Ma McCrane’s funeral is to be held.
One of Ashfield’s backwater locations it might be, but if you fancy settling down in Selston, you won’t go far wrong with this impressive bungalow.
Ridley Scott changed the franchise forever in when he introduced the Engineers, the giant space-faring architects who seeded backwater planets with the microbes necessary to start sentient life.
The Georgia State Election Board, once a bureaucratic backwater in the state election apparatus, has thrust itself into national headlines with a 3-2 right-wing majority that has aligned itself closely with rules rooted in election conspiracy theories.
A focus on the economic impact of the 2019 lower Delta backwater flood helps predict the implications of continued flooding in 2020.
But less than three decades later, a Third World backwater has become a First World powerhouse, with many of its enemies recognizing that the nation is simply too strong and too wealthy to be destroyed.
Federally funded flood control for the Yazoo Backwater Area has been debated for decades.
Fish in deeper cuts with some vegetation in backwater areas.
Following the Australian duo Kllo’s 2017 full-length debut Backwater, they were shot.
In this incredible themed experience you’ll explore a dusty forgotten jazz hall, move on to one of New Orleans’ many historic cemeteries, and then enter the musty backwater bayous of rural, Southern New Orleans.
It means that life arose more than once in our backwater solar system.
That means the economic impact numbers of the backwater flood that began in 2019 are growing with each month the flood persists.
That’s significant because the EPA vetoed the Yazoo Backwater Project in 2008.
Common combinations with backwater
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- backwater in 5×
- backwater that 4×
- backwater to 3×
- cultural backwater 3×
- backwater areas 2×
- to backwater 2×
- backwater and 2×
- backwater flood 2×
- yazoo backwater 2×
- in backwater 2×