Silted

A coin silted into the gravel under the bank there, where the river made a shallow cove, and clawed up in the fist of a scrambling urchin who happened to sprawl on his face there in evading pursuit. ❋ Peters, Ellis, 1913-1995 (1983)

The lagoon on which it was built eventually silted up and Aigues-Mortes was eclipsed as a port city by Marseilles. ❋ Craig Winneker (2011)

There is a quay at the southern edge of Wareham which used to handle serious maritime trade until ships got too big, the river silted up, and Poole took over. ❋ Unknown (2011)

At assorted points, a low prosaic sandy islands became re-attached to a mainland as a inserted brook silted up, as good as that's given a islands of New Jersey as good as Delaware crop up identical to partial of a mainland. ❋ Admin (2009)

As the "scrubs" the settlers' way of referring to rainforest were ripped out, the seasonal rains carried the topsoil into the rivers, which silted up and then began to flood. ❋ Unknown (2011)

I am simply saying that it would be fitting and right for those responsible for the damages caused — I do not care whether those damages be in terms of silted streams, scarred landscapes, or in lost livestock — to take full responsibility for them. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Seen from the air, the scale of the destruction was even more striking: Dozens of crumbled cliffs stood out against the lush green; valleys had turned into muddy rivers; and rivers into silted mud flats, obliterating the communities along their banks. ❋ AP (2011)

By the late 16th century the river was so silted with waste from mining upstream that ships could no longer reach here. ❋ Virginia Spiers (2010)

Dying fish and marine plants expired in the centre of the roadways, and huge banks of black sludge were silted up into the gutters and over the sidewalks, but fortunately the escaping waters had cut long pathways through them. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The stage gradually becomes silted up with a lifetime's possessions, and a parade of shoes – baby-size, Rollerblades, high heels, hiking boots and padded slippers – marks out a march of years. ❋ Susannah Clapp (2010)

It has employed dredges to clear out silted areas, and boat drivers have been required to haul out hyacinth ❋ Unknown (2010)

He agreed with the elders that the first priority should be clearing silted irrigation canals. ❋ Yaroslav Trofimov (2010)

The caged blades are fossilised, like silted anchors dredged from the sea. ❋ Unknown (2010)

EEEuuughhh those [Giblets] are [absolute] [Silt] ❋ Archie Brown (2005)

Her [farm] wouldn't [have been] anything without [silt]. ❋ Crusty Buckett (2017)

"[How you] been bro? [Oh mate], im silted up... How silted?? [mate], im a silt warrior!" ❋ Maffew (2004)