Waterways
[wɔ:təweɪz]
Examples
- The lines, she said, were waterways; the circles, cities; and one far to the northwest of us she pointed out as Helium. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
- They had seen the Roosevelt influence adding to the resources of life--irrigation, and waterways, conservation, the Panama Canal, the country life movement. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- The conservation of the forest means the conservation of our waterways, whether these be used for transportation or as sources of drinking water. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- Twice we crossed the famous Martian waterways, or canals, so-called by our earthly astronomers. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
- A million veteran fighting-men from Helium's thin waterways man the battleships, the transports, and the convoys, he replied. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- All these waterways are of about the same nature so far as navigation is concerned, until the Sunflower is reached; this affords free navigation. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- He had recently built several canals on this property, and was at the head of a number of companies which were planning to intersect England with waterways. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- Her ships followed her marvellous inland waterways, and put to sea but rarely, and then only to India or Borneo as their utmost adventure. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Yes, she answered, but it is two hundred miles north of us; it is one of the waterways we crossed on the trip to Thark. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
Edited by Adrian