Ouse in a sentence

The city is prone to flooding from the River Ouse, and has an extensive (and until 2015 mostly effective) network of flood defences with walls along the river, and a liftable barrier across the River Foss where it joins the Ouse at the 'Blue Bridge'.

The River Ouse in York is still rising - with levels now expected to peak on Monday (December 11).

A body has been found in River Great Ouse after police appealed for the public's help to find missing Gregor.

A submerged road sign as water levels remain high after the River Great Ouse burst its banks.

However, the Hardwick Industrial Estate is nearby - and in recent years, new business premises have been sprouting up off Nar Ouse Way as part of ambitious council schemes.

Low lying areas close to the River Great Ouse at Bedford - The brewery on Havelock Street, St Paul's Square, Duckmill Lane, Longholme Boating Lake, Priory Marina, the hotel and girls school on Cardington Road and Castle Mill.

Naburn Locks, which is part of the River Ouse navigation, forms the barrier between the tidal and non-tidal river and the area is no stranger to flooding.

Readers have been sharing their memories of nights out on a variety of vessels moored on the Ouse in the 1970s and 1980s.

The bridge on the A259 is the only crossing over the River Ouse in the town - with a 16-mile-long detour when it opens to let ships through.

The Environment Agency has a number of flood alerts and warnings in place around the River Nene, the River Great Ouse and other waterways following heavy rain over the past week.

We have the Grand Union Canal running right through, as well the River Ouse, providing interesting walks from our doorstep, which can also be accessed along what used to be the local railway line.

Passers by look out over a flooded parking lot as water levels in the River Ouse continue to rise on February 17, 2020 in York, England.

Rainfall is expected to continue along the rivers Severn, Wye, Ouse and Trent, while two severe danger-to-life flood warnings were issued for Ironbridge and Shrewsbury in Shropshire, both along the Severn.

This past summer, Ouse worked with Paige Bueckers, the former Hopkins (Minn.) High School standout who is now a freshman for the University of Connecticut women’s basketball team.

Highdown is the only 5th-century Saxon cemetery found outside the Ouse/Cuckmere area, and is 2 km from a hoard of Roman gold and silver that was found in 1997.

The area between the Ouse and Cuckmere was believed to have been the location for the federate treaty settlement of Anglo-Saxon mercenaries.

The ings are flood meadows along the Ouse, while the strays are open common grassland in various locations around the city.

There are two sailing clubs close to York, both of which sail dinghies on the River Ouse.