How to Use basin in a Sentence

basin

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  • The drone took off with a whir and flew to the far side of the basin.
    — Anna Canny, Anchorage Daily News, 13 Aug. 2023
  • In the first clip, Wren was held over the basin as his full head of hair was washed.
    — Hannah Sacks, Peoplemag, 20 Nov. 2023
  • In the first clip, Wren is held over the basin as his full head of hair gets washed.
    — Hannah Sacks, Peoplemag, 17 Oct. 2023
  • Some of the most popular parks are in and around the Tahoe basin.
    — Gregory Thomas, San Francisco Chronicle, 7 Jan. 2022
  • There were 21 named storms in the Atlantic basin last year.
    — Alyssa Lukpat, WSJ, 7 Sep. 2022
  • Sit lighter-weight pots in a basin of water and let the water wick to the top.
    — Nan Sterman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 June 2024
  • And recharge basins such as the one on Lebow’s land aren’t the only way to sink water.
    — Erica Gies, Scientific American, 25 Oct. 2023
  • Don't forget to spray inside the basin of the sink as well as the faucet and handles.
    — Mary Catherine McAnnally Scott, Southern Living, 17 Aug. 2024
  • But the basin may be down to its last few years of extractable water.
    — Fred Pearce, WIRED, 9 Mar. 2024
  • The city also would get 5.76 acres along the north shore of the lagoon’s outer basin.
    — Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Dec. 2023
  • Clear trash and debris from storm drains and catch basins along your block.
    — Chelsea Brasted, Axios, 9 Sep. 2024
  • The basin is shared between Cameroon, Chad, Niger, and Nigeria.
    — Time, 19 Jan. 2023
  • With the imposition of the Morales Project, the water basin at the foot of the volcano is at risk.
    — Christina Noriega, refinery29.com, 4 Oct. 2022
  • The tribe reintroduced the salmon to the Clearwater and Snake basin areas in the late 1990s.
    — oregonlive, 7 Dec. 2021
  • So far, the seven states in the basin have been unable to reach agreement on the guidelines.
    — Austin Corona, The Arizona Republic, 7 Dec. 2024
  • So when the glacier is great enough to lift the glacier, the water escapes the basin and flows downstream, Jacobs said.
    — Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 7 Aug. 2023
  • No land sat lower than this basin, the terminus of the Tule, Kaweah, Kings and Kern rivers.
    — Times Staff, Los Angeles Times, 28 Mar. 2023
  • The 405 Freeway is the main artery linking the western part of the valley to the Los Angeles basin.
    — Phil Helsel, NBC News, 10 Apr. 2024
  • At the top of the list is Khyber Pakhtunkhwa basin in Pakistan, north of Islamabad.
    — Seth Borenstein, Anchorage Daily News, 7 Feb. 2023
  • For the third year in a row, La Niña may play a role in how the Atlantic basin powers up this season.
    — Bryan Karrick, Orlando Sentinel, 31 May 2022
  • That refers to the five basins where water can be hauled to areas within an AMA.
    — Alexandra Hardle, The Arizona Republic, 24 Apr. 2024
  • There haven’t been any hurricanes so far in the Atlantic basin in 2023.
    — Leigh Morgan, al, 24 June 2023
  • Others found their way to the basin as adults, fell in love with the country sunsets and never left.
    — Elvia Limón, Los Angeles Times, 7 July 2023
  • Just a few isolated briny ponds were left in the landlocked basin.
    — science.org, 25 Sep. 2024
  • The nearby wash basins are worse: no water and human feces on the floor.
    — Nick Paton Walsh, CNN, 15 Apr. 2023
  • Researchers measure the water that flows off the hillside and into the basin.
    — Erica Gies, Scientific American, 25 Oct. 2023
  • Unlike many areas, this basin has no outflow to the sea.
    — Kurtis Alexander, San Francisco Chronicle, 25 Mar. 2023
  • Under the designation, no new lands can be farmed in the basin.
    — Clara Migoya, The Arizona Republic, 20 Dec. 2024
  • Instead, leave the forks, spoons, and knives in a basin of water with a dishwasher gel pod or powder table, then scrub away streaks or tarnish.
    — Hallie Milstein, Southern Living, 9 Feb. 2025
  • Production of oil and gas in the Permian basin continues to increase in drill baby drill mode, raising the potential of earthquakes induced by wastewater disposal.
    — Ian Dexter Palmer, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2025

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