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Recent Examples of salineMono Lake provides habitat for imperiled shorebirds such as Wilson’s phalaropes, which stop at saline lakes during their long migrations, feeding on brine flies and other invertebrates.—Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 2 June 2024 Sodium chloride: Commonly found in saline nasal sprays, this ingredient moisturizes and flushes out irritants from the nose to provide relief for dryness and itching.—Shannon Ullman, Health, 6 May 2024 Some types of migratory shorebirds rely on saline lakes, including Mono Lake in California and the Great Salt Lake in Utah, on their long migrations.—Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 4 Apr. 2024 And, though Antioch has pre-1914 water rights and can pump from the river, in recent years the water has become increasingly saline, so the city often has had to rely on purchasing more expensive raw water from the Contra Costa Water District.—Judith Prieve, The Mercury News, 7 Feb. 2024 See All Example Sentences for saline
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