How to Use revetment in a Sentence

revetment

noun
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  • In the work known as revetment, little has changed since.
    — The Washington Post, NOLA.com, 17 Mar. 2018
  • Also, structures such as the revetment have been shown to reduce the amount of sand on the beach.
    — Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Mar. 2022
  • The revetment process is taking longer than planned due to Covid-19 shutdowns.
    — Alina Dizik, WSJ, 10 Aug. 2020
  • In addition to installing the anchors, work crews have added more boulders to the rock revetment on the beach at the base of the slope.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Jan. 2023
  • At high tide, waves crash against rock revetments along much of the city, leaving no dry beach left to walk on south of Tyson Street.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Oct. 2019
  • Ultimately though, a new revetment will need to be built in these two spots.
    — Genevieve Bookwalter, chicagotribune.com, 20 Aug. 2020
  • The river made short work of these early revetments, tearing them up within a few years.
    — Tristan Baurick, nola.com, 15 June 2019
  • Modern revetments, made of concrete blocks bound with wire, are rolled out like sleeping bags along the river’s sides.
    — Tristan Baurick, nola.com, 15 June 2019
  • The agency has fortified the rock revetment along the beach with more boulders and is installing ground anchors there to stabilize the slope on the shore side of the tracks.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Dec. 2022
  • Kristen Dahle of the Army Corps of Engineers said the new seawall consists of a steel sheet pile fronted by a large stone revetment.
    — Amy S. Rosenberg, Philly.com, 12 Oct. 2017
  • At high tide, the surf crashes on rock revetments protecting seaside homes in most of south Oceanside.
    — Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Sep. 2023
  • Our Beaches criticized the agency Monday for building the wall of anchors and the rock revetment.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Jan. 2023
  • To prevent flood damage to adjacent properties and avoid alarming the neighbors, most of the dikes and revetments have been left in place.
    — Bennett Hall, The Seattle Times, 8 Dec. 2017
  • Also, the property owners should be required to mitigate for beach sand lost because of the revetment.
    — Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 May 2022
  • Like all of South Oceanside’s beaches, the shoreline is badly eroded and the revetment protects private property from high tides, big surf and storm surges.
    — Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Oct. 2023
  • The first bank protections, known as revetments, were woven willow and lumber frameworks.
    — Tristan Baurick, nola.com, 15 June 2019
  • Without stretches of sand to separate their homes from the lake, residents in the Indiana town of 1,200 are seeking to build revetments, or stone retaining walls that break the waves.
    — Chicago Tribune Staff, Chicago Tribune, 31 July 2023
  • For now, engineers are continuing to design the first segment of the revetment stretching from the airport, planning the height and composition of the wall.
    — Alena Naiden, Anchorage Daily News, 12 Dec. 2021
  • No seawalls or devices such as a rock revetment to protect the building from the ocean will be allowed on the property, which Krammer said was some satisfaction.
    — Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Jan. 2022
  • Ed Adcock, chief of revetment for the Corps' Vicksburg, Mississippi, district, watched recently as the crew rolled out sheet after sheet of new concrete mats.
    — The Washington Post, NOLA.com, 17 Mar. 2018
  • Each revetment appears capable of holding at least one fighter jet.
    — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 10 Feb. 2023
  • Native grasses will be planted to maintain the slope plus a stone revetment wall will protect the shoreline from wave action while also offering a path for people to step down to the water.
    — Journal Sentinel, 27 Jan. 2023
  • The Orange County Transportation Authority has built a rock revetment and is installing ground anchors to stop the landslide.
    — Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Mar. 2023
  • Instead, Reid exited the trail northwest of the aquarium, taking a path to the lowest level of concrete revetment that encircles the beaux arts building.
    — John Greenfield, Chicago Reader, 13 Sep. 2017
  • Other improvements include adding to the existing revetment; installing a stormwater and drainage system; and building stairs from the public parking area to the walkway.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 14 Sep. 2021
  • These events have significantly battered the lakefront revetment, which is a wall of borders along the shoreline to keep the water at bay, according to a memo from Project Manager Stefanie Levine.
    — Genevieve Bookwalter, chicagotribune.com, 29 Dec. 2020
  • The transportation authority also will have to make as-yet undetermined annual lease payments to the State Lands Commission for the use of land below the high-tide line as part of a rock revetment.
    — Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Apr. 2023
  • Levees and revetments, the reinforcements lining the banks, prevent the Mississippi from scouring its sides or gouging out sections of its floodplain.
    — Tristan Baurick, nola.com, 15 June 2019
  • Armoring the coast by building seawalls, pilings and rock revetments is another strategy for adapting to sea-level rise.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Aug. 2019
  • Brady and its subcontractors are doing a harbor-wide inspection of docks, ramps and other facilities, including the rock revetment around the harbor perimeter, and many of them need repairs.
    — Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 June 2021

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