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How to use turbid in a sentence

13 example sentences · adjective

Turbid means having the lees or sediment disturbed; not clear. (of a liquid). Example: “He perceived more clearly the cruelty of Nature, to whom our refinement and piety are but as bubbles, hurrying downwards on the turbid waters.”

Examples of turbid by meaning

adjectiveHaving the lees or sediment disturbed; not clear. (of a liquid).

  • He perceived more clearly the cruelty of Nature, to whom our refinement and piety are but as bubbles, hurrying downwards on the turbid waters.1907, E.M. Forster, The Longest Journey, Part II, XXIII [Uniform ed., p. 217]
  • This makes the estimation of the refractive index of the turbid liquid quite problematic.2004, Jukka A. Räty, Kai-Erik Peiponen, Toshimitsu Asakura, UV-Visible Reflection Spectroscopy of Liquids, →ISBN, page 30
  • The resulting impression filled with turbid mash liquor, which was hand-pumped through a tube into a separate kettle.2005, Jeff Sparrow, Wild Brews: Beer Beyond the Influence of Brewer's Yeast, →ISBN

adjectiveSmoky or misty.

  • Another flutter of wind thinning the turbid mist.2012, Agnes Christina Laut, The Freebooters of the Wilderness, →ISBN
  • The turbid air over major cities is often described as a dust dome.2014, Thad Godish, Wayne T. Davis, Joshua S. Fu, Air Quality, →ISBN, page 112

adjectiveUnclear; confused; obscure.

  • Motion, to take a good example, is originally a turbid sensation, of which the native shape is perhaps best preserved in the phenomenon of vertigo.2010, Adrian Mackenzie, Wirelessness: Radical Empiricism in Network Cultures, →ISBN, page 1
  • Those turbid emotions swirled inside him again—part frustration, part anxiety.2012, Julia James, The Dark Side Of Desire, →ISBN

More sentences with turbid

  • PCT and chylothorax both classically have a turbid or milky appearance due to their high lipid content.2016 August, Adriana Lama, Lucía Ferreiro, María E. Toubes, Antonio Golpe, Francisco Gude, José M. Álvarez-Dobaño, Francisco J.…. From the entry pseudochylothorax
  • Baltic carving constructed of "fatty turbid" amber was Kumst, which in German means cabbage or sauerkraut.2006, Patty C. Rice, Amber: Golden Gem of the Ages, page 11. From the entry kumst
  • No interaction occurs between naringin and pectin and, therefore, grapefruit peel extract is not very turbid.1996, R. Cohn, A.L. Cohn, “8: The by-products of fruit processing”, in D. Arthey, P.R. Ashurst, editors, Fruit Processing, page 200. From the entry naringin
  • This technique is useful for emulsions, gels, and turbid liquids.2008, Massimo Conio, Pieter Siersema, Alessandro Repici, Endoscopic Mucosal Resection, →ISBN, page 79. From the entry transflection
  • Together, these points supplement the qi to help upbear the clear and downbear the turbid when needled with supplementing method.2000, Philippe Sionneau, Lü Gang, The Treatment of Disease in Tmc: General Symptoms. From the entry downbear
  • A small stream fed it and continued beyond it, so that the sheet of water, though turbid, was never ditchlike or unhealthy.1915, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Valley of Fear. From the entry ditchlike

Meaning of turbid

  1. adjective Having the lees or sediment disturbed; not clear. (of a liquid).
  2. adjective Smoky or misty.
  3. adjective Unclear; confused; obscure.

Full definition of turbid

Questions about turbid in a sentence

How do you use turbid in a sentence?
Turbid is used as an adjective. For example: “He perceived more clearly the cruelty of Nature, to whom our refinement and piety are but as bubbles, hurrying downwards on the turbid waters.”
What is a short sentence with turbid?
“Another flutter of wind thinning the turbid mist.”
What does turbid mean?
Turbid means having the lees or sediment disturbed; not clear. (of a liquid).

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