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Definition of the day : « backwater »

  • As in bayou : noun swampy outlet
  • As in frontier : noun unexplored, unoccupied area of land
  • As in rescind : verb declare null and void
  • As in slow : verb delay, restrict
Example sentences :
  • The sun had set, and the backwater, in deep shadow, was filling with a gentle haze.
  • Extract from : « Howards End » by E. M. Forster
  • Was it the backwater of my disgrace, I wonder, that has overwhelmed poor Gill?'
  • Extract from : « Lord Kilgobbin » by Charles Lever
  • Then he had seemed to himself in the backwater, out of the throng of existence.
  • Extract from : « The Arbiter » by Lady F. E. E. Bell
  • He came to the island, and let his boat slide into the backwater.
  • Extract from : « The Dark Flower » by John Galsworthy
  • The backwater was not a happy place—they would not stay there a single minute.
  • Extract from : « The Dark Flower » by John Galsworthy
  • The underlying principle of a world's backwater like this is restful stagnation.
  • Extract from : « The Belovd Vagabond » by William J. Locke
  • The room faced the backwater of traffic, and was very silent.
  • Extract from : « The Forsyte Saga, Complete » by John Galsworthy
  • The weir had not been on the main stream, but they had come upon it in exploring a backwater.
  • Extract from : « The Invader » by Margaret L. Woods
  • Why, you both look as you did that night the backwater of the South Fork came into our cabin.
  • Extract from : « The Three Partners » by Bret Harte
  • In the hot summer days the backwater of a mill is a place beloved of many.
  • Extract from : « The Thames » by G. E. Mitton