Sludge is an English word with synonyms like precipitate or substance. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Sludge meaning
- Solids separated from suspension in a liquid.
- A residual semi-solid material left from industrial, water treatment, or wastewater treatment processes.
- A sediment of accumulated minerals in a steam boiler.
Using Sludge
- The main meaning on this page is: Solids separated from suspension in a liquid. | A residual semi-solid material left from industrial, water treatment, or wastewater treatment processes. | A sediment of accumulated minerals in a steam boiler.
- Useful related words include: precipitate, substance, ooze, muck.
- In the example corpus, sludge often appears in combinations such as: the sludge, sludge and, sewage sludge.
Context around Sludge
- Average sentence length in these examples: 27.9 words
- Position in the sentence: 5 start, 10 middle, 5 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Sludge
- In this selection, "sludge" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 27.9 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, blue, sewage, large, covered, off and settles stand out and add context to how "sludge" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a brownish sludge peppered with and a large sludge covered cube. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "sludge" sits close to words such as acadian, ame and amg, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with sludge
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Also, they will use a special pump to remove the sludge and scum from the tank. (16 words)
Many environmental advocates have long been critical of sludge-based fertilizers because they can contain contaminants like heavy metals. (19 words)
Most of the sludge had been pumped out of Johnson’s plant by Tuesday, but the work was just beginning. (20 words)
So the statue of the Confederate general that once stood in Charlottesville — the one that prompted the deadly Unite the Right rallyin 2017 — was now being cut into fragments and dropped into a furnace, dissolving into a sludge of glowing bronze. (41 words)
Y.) stood under two equally ugly Target parodies of abstract expressonist "art" (one painting was square-ish dark blue sludge with some white in the top-left corner; the other was vertical light blue sludge with white at the bottom). (40 words)
Straight out of the box, first impressions weren’t positive: a brownish sludge peppered with flecks of cinnamon and the odd raisin, the condiment resembled something closer to badly mixed wallpaper paste – and smelt a bit like it too. (39 words)
Example sentences (20)
Move the orb over to the edge of the platform where a large sludge-covered cube is jutting out from the ground, then use a Splash Fruit or Chuchu Jelly arrow to wash the sludge off the cube.
Y.) stood under two equally ugly Target parodies of abstract expressonist "art" (one painting was square-ish dark blue sludge with some white in the top-left corner; the other was vertical light blue sludge with white at the bottom).
After sludge settles to the bottom, Dick said, chain-driven scrapers move it toward the drain that sends it on its way to Vancouver’s West Side treatment plant for more processing and eventual incineration.
Also, they will use a special pump to remove the sludge and scum from the tank.
During the quarter, AIS received a million-dollar order for the Pennsylvania, Stewartstown Borough Authority’s, Stewartstown Wastewater Treatment Sludge Dewatering improvements project.
Finally, they can aim their shot at Bazz and release the R button, which will cause Link to fire the arrow and clean up all of the sludge.
Having verified the origin, destination and the existence of the potentially contaminated sludge, I needed to test the material — without trespassing.
In 2012, Aberdeen scientists told the British Science Festival that man-made chemicals found in sewage sludge could be as significant as due to their effects on ecosystems and human health.
In the second episode of the series, the Sludge Villain has Bakugo hostage, making it difficult, if not impossible, for the heroes on the scene to attack the villain without putting Bakugo at risk.
Many environmental advocates have long been critical of sludge-based fertilizers because they can contain contaminants like heavy metals.
Most of the sludge had been pumped out of Johnson’s plant by Tuesday, but the work was just beginning.
Since 2016, the Tulare Lake Compost facility has been converting Southland sewage sludge into high-grade organic fertilizer, and sparing L.A. County the bother of burying its waste in local landfills.
Sludge is also the biggest cause of boiler breakdowns and can rapidly age your system so it needs to be dealt with immediately.
So the statue of the Confederate general that once stood in Charlottesville — the one that prompted the deadly Unite the Right rallyin 2017 — was now being cut into fragments and dropped into a furnace, dissolving into a sludge of glowing bronze.
Straight out of the box, first impressions weren’t positive: a brownish sludge peppered with flecks of cinnamon and the odd raisin, the condiment resembled something closer to badly mixed wallpaper paste – and smelt a bit like it too.
The choice is mine, Rahsan says, though she warns that the sludge is where most of the caffeine is concentrated and usually undrinkable.
The mine dam tragedy claimed the lives of three people, destroyed vehicles and left 160 residents homeless when the sludge flooded the Jagersfontein communities.
The oil is like sludge; the starter strains from a lethargic 12-volt battery; the engine eventually fires, and then runs rich as it comes to life.
The proposed replacements will be more energy-efficient, the agency said, and the resulting sludge will make better biogas and fertilizer.
The regulator soon concluded the water had come from tailings ponds where the company stored the toxic sludge-like byproducts of bitumen mining.
Common combinations with sludge
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: