Some vintners also let the wine's sediments settle naturally, a time-consuming process.

Then she left the contents undisturbed for one day to allow the sediments to settle.

When the downstairs toilet is flushed, a black powdery sediment comes into the bowl and settles there.

As a result, sediment has settled behind the dam, creating shallow mudflats along the margins.

The bottoms are also where the heaviest sediments in sludge actually settle.

Dead storage allows sediments to settle which improves water quality and also creates hydraulic head along with an area for fish during low levels.

Those polluted sediments have settled to the bottom in a thick layer of contaminated sludge.

Then the water was too muddy to admit of his seeing the fish, and he was compelled to wait until the sediment had settled.

This permits sediments to settle and stimulates plant growth.

This is so the sediment will settle in the neck of the bottle.