How to Use aqueduct in a Sentence

aqueduct

noun
Definition of aqueductnext
Synonyms for aqueductnext
  • The aqueduct ruins are about a mile and a half to the south.
    — Peter Marteka, courant.com, 13 May 2018
  • But in parts of the country, the flow in the aqueducts has dwindled.
    — Ian James, azcentral, 28 Nov. 2019
  • That meant size and scale, to build pipes and aqueducts—out of reach to all but a few.
    — Gregory Barber, Wired, 22 Dec. 2019
  • These days the aqueduct marks the entrance to a park, where the Château de Marly once stood.
    — National Geographic, 20 Aug. 2020
  • Jervis had designed it in the style of a Roman aqueduct.
    — Jim Dwyer, New York Times, 25 Jan. 2018
  • And in 2018 a modern aqueduct was cut through the ancient canal.
    — National Geographic, 17 Jan. 2020
  • Rome’s first aqueduct was built in 312 B.C., and many more would be built over the next five centuries.
    — Eric Betz, Discover Magazine, 26 Oct. 2020
  • About 1,600 years had passed since Rome built its last aqueduct.
    — Jonathan Schifman, Popular Mechanics, 8 Aug. 2021
  • The two governments use many of the same rivers and aqueducts to move supplies.
    — Kurtis Alexander, SFChronicle.com, 21 Nov. 2019
  • The aqueduct still stands, along with a pair of reservoirs behind it.
    — National Geographic, 20 Aug. 2020
  • With the enemy fleet in the distance, the white batteries on the shore, the aqueducts, clouds of smoke, the wind in our faces.
    — Emilio Fraia, The New Yorker, 9 Dec. 2019
  • In Rome itself, a new aqueduct supplied the city with water from the north.
    — Kenneth Garrett, National Geographic, 24 June 2019
  • Now, Fred’s dead and that’s all water under the aqueduct.
    — Chris Vognar, Los Angeles Times, 9 June 2021
  • Land that is about to become very valuable, thanks to the completion of the aqueduct.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 July 2021
  • Because the water comes from the mountains, the aqueduct is built on a downhill slope.
    — Jonathan Schifman, Popular Mechanics, 8 Aug. 2021
  • The aqueduct’s 233-mile path also forms the narrative spine of Krist’s book.
    — Jennifer Szalai, New York Times, 23 May 2018
  • An outbreak of cholera in 1832 finally forced the city to approve an aqueduct from the Catskills.
    — Keith Williams, New York Times, 12 Oct. 2017
  • Yes, that’s a Spanish aqueduct on top of the Manhattan Bridge.
    — Emily Eisen, Bon Appetit, 26 Mar. 2018
  • The ghostly ruins of the aqueduct offer a window into a part of the state’s storied past.
    — Peter Marteka, courant.com, 13 May 2018
  • Pouring the mixture into molds allowed the Romans to build vaults, domes, and the arches of the empire's great aqueducts.
    — Jonathan Schifman, Popular Mechanics, 12 Oct. 2017
  • Atkins doesn’t propose to patch the aqueduct leaks, because paying for it is too contentious.
    — George Skelton, Los Angeles Times, 5 Apr. 2021
  • The tram passes over the famed Arches of Lapa, an 18th-century aqueduct that is a symbol of Rio.
    — Jack Nicas, New York Times, 2 Mar. 2023
  • He too owned tracts in the Valley, and helped to engineer the aqueduct taking of the Owens Valley water to make those tracts even more valuable.
    — Los Angeles Times, 10 May 2022
  • The aqueduct has been regarded as the engineering marvel of the canal.
    — Peter Marteka, courant.com, 13 May 2018
  • The torrent would have swept away piers supporting the aqueduct had a passing train on the island railroad not gone off its tracks and partly plugged the gap.
    — David Owen, The New Yorker, 11 May 2022
  • Coalinga usually gets its water through an aqueduct which runs from the San Luis Reservoir, about 70 miles northwest of the city.
    — René Marsh, CNN, 1 Nov. 2022
  • The tomb was discovered in the Case Rosse area west of the center of Rome by an earthmover working to extend an aqueduct about 6 feet underground.
    — Jason Daley, Smithsonian, 13 June 2018
  • Where there are now gas stations dotted along the way, in the future there might be car-charging stations that draw power from the nearby aqueduct.
    — Matt Simon, Wired, 19 Mar. 2021
  • This is the project in a clamshell: Two 35-mile, 40-foot-wide tunnels under the delta from the estuary’s northern end on the Sacramento River to aqueducts at the southern edge.
    — George Skelton, latimes.com, 12 July 2018
  • But by the end of April, water demand will go up, and if the aqueduct has been damaged, the water district will have to build an alternative, Clark said.
    — Claire Hao, San Francisco Chronicle, 1 Apr. 2023

Some of these examples are programmatically compiled from various online sources to illustrate current usage of the word 'aqueduct.' Any opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback about these examples.

Last Updated: