How to Use water cycle in a Sentence

water cycle

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Definition of water cyclenext
  • Then, run a hot-water cycle, which will help wash away grease and grime in the machine.
    — Maya McDowell, House Beautiful, 15 Feb. 2019
  • The water cycle is aided by wind, but does the rain help to create winds?
    — Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics, 22 June 2020
  • Research shows that as the planet gets warmer, the water cycle is changing.
    — Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 4 Mar. 2022
  • In the water cycle, what comes out of us eventually goes back in.
    — Nathaniel Scharping, Discover Magazine, 22 Mar. 2017
  • The splash pad is also equipped with a button that visitors can push to turn on a timed water cycle.
    — Kolbie Peterson, The Salt Lake Tribune, 30 June 2021
  • Alice and Lois Give students a brush-up on the water cycle by setting shaving-cream clouds on top of a glass of water.
    — Marisa Lascala, Good Housekeeping, 1 June 2022
  • In short, a warmer climate amplifies the water cycle and means more intense storms.
    — Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 22 Aug. 2023
  • Gold breaks loose from streamside banks and bottoms with each high-water cycle, landing in places where the water slows down.
    — Peter Reese, Popular Mechanics, 27 Aug. 2020
  • In other words, the sponge city would replicate the natural water cycle.
    — Time, 20 Oct. 2022
  • In the way that Earth has a water cycle of rain and evaporation, frigid Titan has a methane cycle and lakes of the liquid stuff.
    — Scott K. Johnson, Ars Technica, 21 Nov. 2019
  • But the city is designed in ways that shunt water away from its natural water cycle.
    — David Hochman, Forbes, 21 June 2021
  • In their study, Andrault and Bolfan-Casanova show that mantle rain could be enough to keep the deep water cycle in balance.
    — Theo Nicitopoulos, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 June 2022
  • That spacecraft landed at the north pole of Mars, studied the planet's water cycle, and even observed snowfall.
    — Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 26 Nov. 2018
  • Next, wash as normal in a warm water cycle with detergent.
    — Anna Halkidis, Parents, 9 Mar. 2024
  • Sprinkle 1 cup of baking soda along the bottom of your dishwasher and rinse on a hot-water cycle.
    — Sara Clark, Country Living, 23 May 2019
  • Filtering the water is the only way to get such plastics out of the water cycle - the new filter is recyclable and filters 90% of the output.
    — Felicia Jackson, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2021
  • These changes are altering the water cycle and rainfall patterns, bringing more flooding and drought and causing sea level to rise and the ocean warm.
    — Ankit Mishra, Forbes, 8 Aug. 2022
  • That’s because these regions are home to a huge amount of biodiversity and play a major role in the planet’s air and water cycle.
    — Umair Irfan, Vox, 5 July 2019
  • The report, which comes from the United Nations, also showed how the extremes of water—floods, shortages and droughts—are linked to the natural water cycle.
    — Vidhisha Samarasekara, Scientific American, 31 Jan. 2023
  • In its simplest terms, Earth’s water cycle is the endless process that connects water in all its different forms.
    — Allison Futterman, Discover Magazine, 3 Mar. 2022
  • If this deep water cycle between the mantle and the surface is in balance, Earth’s sea level remains stable.
    — Theo Nicitopoulos, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 June 2022
  • Essentially, the study fills in some gaps in a theory about a lunar water cycle.
    — Jackie Wattles, CNN, 27 Mar. 2023
  • As the climate warms, Earth's water cycle will increasingly tend to reach more extremes.
    — Ryan W. Miller, USA TODAY, 9 Aug. 2021
  • Falling rain and snow are essential parts of Earth's water cycle, which moves water and heat energy around Earth.
    — Tom Yulsman, Discover Magazine, 1 Mar. 2015
  • Climate change is throwing Earth’s water cycle into chaos across the country as the planet continues to warm.
    — Elizabeth Both, NBC News, 26 Feb. 2024
  • Plants are the primary regulators of the water cycle, responsible for 60 percent of the flow of water from the land to the atmosphere.
    — Stephen Leahy, National Geographic, 4 Nov. 2019
  • And what happens in the Antarctic doesn’t stay in the Antarctic: Shifts in the water cycle at our planet’s south pole have reverberating effects on climate and weather throughout the rest of the globe.
    — Katherine J. Wu, Smithsonian, 6 Dec. 2019
  • In other words, the global water cycle is intensifying, leading both to more drought and to more downpour.
    — Bill McKibben, The New Yorker, 2 June 2021
  • In 1580, Bernard Palissy developed a theory of the water cycle.
    — Allison Futterman, Discover Magazine, 3 Mar. 2022
  • The water cycle controls every aspect of Earth’s climate system, which means that as the climate changes, so too does nearly every step of water’s movement on the planet.
    — Denise Chow, NBC News, 25 Feb. 2024

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