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How to use sludge in a sentence

17 example sentences · noun, verb

Sludge means solids separated from suspension in a liquid. Example: “Filamentous bacteria may cause the bulking of activated sludge.”

Examples of sludge by meaning

nounInstitutional policies that introduce tedium and inefficiency in processes.

  • An updated version of the book includes a section on what they called “sludge”—tortuous administrative demands, endless wait times, and excessive procedural fuss that impede us in our lives.[2025 June 29, Chris Colin, “That Dropped Call With Customer Service? It Was on Purpose.”, in The Atlantic, retrieved 29 Jun 2025, Ideas

More sentences with sludge

  • Filamentous bacteria may cause the bulking of activated sludge.From the entry bulking
  • Rock-filled torrents smashed vehicles and homes, burying victims under rubble and sludge.2013 June 29, “High and wet”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8842, page 28. From the entry early
  • Stink smiled, before letting the last sludge of his volcanic gloop slip down his throat.2009 October 29, David Walliams [pseudonym; David Edward Williams], Mr Stink, London: HarperCollins Children’s Books, →ISBN. From the entry gloop
  • When I was through, the wetnap was covered in a thick gray sludge.2006, Dan Krajewski, Lost Souls, page 3. From the entry wetnap
  • In a wedgewire drying bed, liquid sludge is introduced onto a horizontal, relatively open drainage medium.2003, Metcalf & Eddy, Inc., Wastewater Engineering: Treatment and Reuse, 4th edition, Boston, M.A. […]: McGraw Hill, →ISBN, page 1575. From the entry wedgewire
  • Sludges produced at C must be periodically clamshelled out & transferred to controlled landfill.1979, United States. Environmental Protection Agency. Effluent Guidelines Division, Draft Development Document for the Iron and Steel…. From the entry clamshell
  • The sludge will be clamshelled and landfilled, or recycled to melting operations.1976, Russell E. Train, Andrew W. Briedenbach, Ernst P. Hall, Edward L. Dulaney, Patricia e. WIlliams, John G. WIlliams, Development…. From the entry clamshell
  • Gilpin picked a sludge of toilet tissue and soapcurds out of the plughole.1967, John Desmond Peter, Take Hands at Winter, page 4. From the entry soapcurd
  • The content sludge is also present in Big Tech’s plans to reimagine search as an interactive, chatbot-powered walled garden.2023 May 17, Charlie Warzel, “Here’s How AI Will Come for Your Job”, in The Atlantic. From the entry walled garden
  • Slithering around in the societal sludge, I was forced to admit I'd made a huge mistake – committing robbery.2011 November 7, Paris Lees, “My Transsexual Summer: a new view of gender”, in The Guardian. From the entry borstal
  • To be more precise, the necessary removal of dross and sludge greatly increase the costs of the facility.2008, André Ditze, Christiane Scharf, Recycling of Magnesium, Ditze & Scharf, →ISBN, page 25. From the entry dross
  • Water should be sparingly used so that there are no problems with belt slip or the build-up of the sludge.1986, V. S. Vutukuri, R. D. Lama, Environmental Engineering in Mines, page 193. From the entry autospray
  • The sewage is pretreated mechanically before proceeding to a sedimentator with a sprinkling system and a sludge collection hopper connected to an aeration tank.1976, United States. Office of International Marketing, Air and Water Purification and Pollution Control Equipment, page 115. From the entry sedimentator
  • Moreover, capillary suction time (CST) of sludge increased after pretreatment, and then reduced after 20 days of anaerobic digestion, indicating that sludge dewaterability was greatly improved after anaerobic digestion.2015 September 2, “Ultrasonic and Thermal Pretreatments on Anaerobic Digestion of Petrochemical Sludge: Dewaterability and Degradation of…. From the entry dewaterability
  • One of the main problems with recycling and melting magnesium is the presence of particles in the melt which lead to the formation of dross and sludge.2008, André Ditze, Christiane Scharf, Recycling of Magnesium, Ditze & Scharf, →ISBN, page 25. From the entry dross
  • I have been a rockabye baby sloshed in the sludge of the sea and I have clung with a shell over me waiting a tide to bring me breakfast.1965, Carl Sandburg, quotee, Discourse: A Review of the Liberal Arts, page 145. From the entry rockabye

Meaning of sludge

  1. noun Solids separated from suspension in a liquid.
  2. noun A residual semi-solid material left from industrial, water treatment, or wastewater treatment processes.
  3. noun A sediment of accumulated minerals in a steam boiler.

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Questions about sludge in a sentence

How do you use sludge in a sentence?
Sludge is used as a noun and verb. For example: “Filamentous bacteria may cause the bulking of activated sludge.”
What is a short sentence with sludge?
“Filamentous bacteria may cause the bulking of activated sludge.”
What does sludge mean?
Sludge means solids separated from suspension in a liquid.

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