How to Use marsh in a Sentence

marsh

noun
Definition of marshnext
Synonyms for marshnext
  • To the north, she is linked to a marsh, and to the west a canal ties her to Lake Hart.
    — Elizabeth Kolbert, The New Yorker, 11 Apr. 2022
  • We're seated on the edge of a small marsh near the mouth of the Slough Creek drainage.
    — Jacob Job, Scientific American, 4 June 2021
  • The marsh has been through my mom’s side of the family.
    — Kristine M. Kierzek, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 5 Nov. 2021
  • Go to the shooting range, or invite them to watch the sun rise in the marsh.
    — Christine Peterson, Outdoor Life, 15 Dec. 2020
  • The space will evoke the magical marsh where Tiana and Naveen take refuge in the film.
    — Tim Walters, USA TODAY, 29 July 2021
  • Gilbert and his wife have been camping in their RV next to the marsh since April.
    — Los Angeles Times, 17 June 2021
  • This is the third year in a row that a family of swans has been raised up in the marsh.
    — Bob Hallinen, Anchorage Daily News, 13 June 2022
  • Wood ducks will come to a roost site, often a marsh, in the evening by the hundreds.
    — Phil Bourjaily, Field & Stream, 15 Feb. 2024
  • Shannan's purse, shoes, cell phone -- even her jeans were found in the marsh.
    — Erin Moriarty, CBS News, 12 Dec. 2020
  • Her body was found a week later, in a marsh a few miles away.
    — James Lasdun, The New Yorker, 16 Jan. 2023
  • Some know the marsh along Turnagain Arm used to scream with the calls of pipers, snipe, ducks and geese.
    — Jeff Lowenfels, Anchorage Daily News, 26 Aug. 2021
  • Ravenna, a jewel in the midst of a marsh, was a place of paradox.
    — Anthony Kaldellis, WSJ, 11 Dec. 2020
  • Her dear friend's body wasn't found for a week, in a marsh near the Broad River about 5 miles away.
    — Elijah Nouvelage For Cnn, CNN, 26 Sep. 2021
  • The marsh there feels endless, the live oaks along the shoreline ancient.
    — Michael Adno, Scientific American, 25 June 2024
  • The study at the Chesapeake marsh did in fact represent all plants.
    — Jennie Rothenberg Gritz, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 Dec. 2022
  • The sketch showed a drake and hen mallard dropping into a marsh.
    — Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 27 Aug. 2021
  • To his right, colors bloomed in the marshes, the tents of homeless people.
    — Jeffrey Fleishman, Los Angeles Times, 29 Mar. 2023
  • Some of the Bronx is rocky and wooded like upstate, and some is oceanfront marsh and beach.
    — Ian Frazier, The New Yorker, 15 July 2024
  • The highlight for the group was a cooper's hawk perched on a branch and superbly camouflaged in the browns and tans of the marsh.
    — Lindsey Botts, The Arizona Republic, 11 Feb. 2022
  • Instead, the culprit must be microbes, either the sort that live in a marsh or the sort that live in a cow’s gut.
    — Elizabeth Kolbert, The New Yorker, 21 Nov. 2022
  • Walk or bike this one-mile scenic trail that extends over the marsh to a lookout tower.
    — Washington Post, 12 Feb. 2021
  • The tunnel is along a bike path next to a humid marsh and bordered by trees blocking the ocean breeze.
    — Lisa Krantz, San Antonio Express-News, 8 July 2021
  • The wetland plant is found in shallow marshes and moist soils.
    — Marina Johnson, Detroit Free Press, 6 July 2023
  • That’s not the case with pythons caught in Florida marshes.
    — Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 12 Apr. 2024
  • Today, the marsh has been restored with tidal plants that can adapt to sea level rise.
    — John King, SFChronicle.com, 25 Dec. 2020
  • The film begins in the fictional Barkley Cove, North Carolina, in 1969, as two boys find a dead body in the marsh.
    — Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 12 July 2022
  • As the marsh has disappeared, many of the delta’s mounds have been exposed to ocean waves, leading to rapid erosion.
    — Boyce Upholt, Wired, 23 July 2022
  • The marsh near his home used to be prime spawning habitat for pike and bass, as well as a staging area for ducks, geese, swans and herons.
    — Dan Egan, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 23 Aug. 2021
  • The summer cottages at Long Beach are built on a narrow dune sandwiched between the ocean and a marsh.
    — Billy Baker, BostonGlobe.com, 4 Aug. 2023
  • The school is surrounded by wetlands, marshes and coastal waters.
    — Jordan D. Brown, Washington Post, 24 July 2024

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

Last Updated: