How to Use lagoon in a Sentence

lagoon

noun
  • The tide was pulling me away, along the river to the open lagoon.
    Washington Post, 9 Mar. 2022
  • The lot has a lawn, a patio, and a boat launch on the lagoon.
    The Week Staff, The Week, 24 July 2022
  • The path leading to the steamy lagoon demonstrates that.
    Danuta Hamlin, Fox News, 18 Nov. 2023
  • The spa is a low-rise ring set on stilts above a lagoon.
    Travel + Leisure, 12 Apr. 2022
  • Here are five places to visit on your next trip to the city on the lagoon.
    Catherine Sabino, Forbes, 20 Apr. 2023
  • At the scene, Sheriff’s deputies found the body of a 69-year-old woman at the edge of the lagoon.
    Sage Marshall, Field & Stream, 5 July 2023
  • The skid steer was submerged 15 feet from the edge of the manure lagoon.
    Maryam Jameel, ProPublica, 25 Oct. 2023
  • At the center of the site is the 1.89-acre Revel Surf wave lagoon.
    Kimi Robinson, The Arizona Republic, 12 Dec. 2022
  • There is nothing like sitting in the lagoon at the end of the day, to us.
    Lilah Ramzi, Vogue, 16 Aug. 2024
  • Sand from the lagoon was used to build up the nearby beach at Cardiff.
    Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Feb. 2022
  • From the stage, music echoed across the Big Spring Park and its curvy lagoon.
    Matt Wake | Mwake@al.com, al, 27 Apr. 2021
  • Fishing is allowed on the reef, outside the reef and on the north side of the lagoon.
    Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 Jan. 2025
  • There are ample places to stand around the lagoon and see the kites in action.
    Dewayne Bevil, orlandosentinel.com, 12 Oct. 2021
  • Wind farms, off the lagoon, catching wind at dawn and dusk.
    Washington Post, 30 Jan. 2022
  • Tourists look at the Balos beach and its lagoon on the Greek island of Crete.
    Katia Hetter, CNN, 23 June 2021
  • But many guests are content to just hang out on the beach and wade into the lagoon.
    Laurie Werner, Forbes, 11 June 2021
  • New for 2024 is an eight-minute light show at the resort's lagoon.
    Michael Salerno, The Arizona Republic, 14 Nov. 2024
  • The tracks cross all the county’s coastal lagoons, from Del Mar to Camp Pendleton.
    Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 June 2024
  • The Maldives, with its lagoons and reefs, is a heaven on earth.
    Tanvi Chheda, Travel + Leisure, 11 July 2023
  • Along with the lagoon and a half-mile of sandy beach, the project will feature event venues, bars and restaurants, shops and more.
    Kathryn Varn, Axios, 21 Nov. 2024
  • But over the past few years, the idyllic lagoon has come under threat.
    BostonGlobe.com, 18 Oct. 2021
  • The wedding took place in front of the Rosewood Mayakoba lagoon.
    Blake Bakkila, Peoplemag, 17 Mar. 2024
  • The lagoon in early spring teems with life and movement.
    Maddalena Fossati, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Apr. 2024
  • In the sweet images, True hung on to her mom's back as the pair took a dip in a lagoon, with a blue sky behind them.
    Shafiq Najib, Peoplemag, 17 Oct. 2022
  • But there’s a really nice gym that’s part of the Landing at the other end of the lagoon.
    Demarco Williams, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024
  • But in 2020 Fairén got the idea to use the decades of lagoon data to learn about early lakes on Mars instead.
    Allison Gasparini, Scientific American, 25 Apr. 2023
  • About 100 yards up and down from the lagoon at Topanga Canyon Beach in Malibu.
    Summer Lin, Los Angeles Times, 22 May 2024
  • In the sweet images, True hangs on to her mom's back as the pair take a dip in a lagoon, with a blue sky behind them.
    Jen Juneau, PEOPLE.com, 20 July 2022
  • The rescue team donned waders and marched into a murky Malibu lagoon scorched by the Palisades fire.
    Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 23 Jan. 2025
  • Since the dinner table is floating in the middle of a lagoon, each course is delivered by boat.
    Caitlin Palumbo, Forbes, 15 Jan. 2025

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