How to Use ocean in a Sentence
ocean
noun- We've sailed across hundreds of miles of ocean.
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All of the swimmers made it out of the ocean unscathed.
— Travis Hall, Field & Stream, 21 Sep. 2023 -
Which brings us to the elephant in the room, um, or the big garbage patch in the room, in the ocean.
— Quartz Staff, Quartz, 16 May 2023 -
And it is thought to have once had rivers and lakes, even oceans.
— Regina G. Barber, NPR, 8 May 2024 -
Rich dark-blue walls capture the eerie calm of ocean depths.
— Shantay Robinson, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 June 2023 -
The rise in drownings hasn’t been limited to the ocean.
— Alexandra Mendoza, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Mar. 2024 -
The ocean, the sky, the center’s seating, even Tilson Thomas’ glasses.
— Amanda Rosa, Miami Herald, 27 Feb. 2024 -
Divers and unmanned naval vessels pulled up the rest from the bottom of the ocean.
— Arkansas Online, 18 Feb. 2023 -
There are four colors to choose from: ocean, graphite, smoke, and white.
— Brandi Fuller, Better Homes & Gardens, 21 Apr. 2023 -
But these are not the first homes in the area to suddenly be swept up by ocean waves.
— Li Cohen, CBS News, 25 Sep. 2024 -
The same day the ship disappeared, a 1,100-square-foot house fell into the ocean.
— Sascha Brodsky, Popular Mechanics, 17 Mar. 2023 -
Youngest child Crew first splashed in the ocean off the coast of Tulum on a family trip in 2019.
— Kelsey Mulvey, House Beautiful, 27 July 2023 -
People will also still be able to access the ocean from the closed area.
— Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 Sep. 2023 -
Plus, there are several benches on the path that face the ocean.
— Kevinisha Walker, Los Angeles Times, 14 Oct. 2023 -
In the photos, Hudson is seen playing in the sand as the ocean glistens in the background.
— Natalia Senanayake, People.com, 18 Oct. 2024 -
Others watched from their balconies and shops, and from boats in the Intracoastal and the ocean.
— Shira Moolten, Sun Sentinel, 30 Apr. 2023 -
The rooms and suites, of which there are 100, have either king or queen beds with mountain or ocean views.
— Carrie Honaker, Travel + Leisure, 3 Aug. 2024 -
Other viewers, as if called by the waves, plunged into the ocean.
— Natasha Frost, New York Times, 20 Apr. 2023 -
These films explore the dangers that lurk within the ocean's depths.
— Clark Collis, EW.com, 30 Oct. 2024 -
The debris from the rocket fell into the ocean off the eastern coast of the Philippines, the outlet added.
— Kimberlee Speakman, Peoplemag, 7 Mar. 2023 -
Carve out some time to stop at one of the beaches or sit atop a bluff and enjoy a cooling breeze from the ocean.
— Jenna Scatena, Travel + Leisure, 17 Nov. 2023 -
The ocean is incredibly vast and not static the way land is.
— Devika Rao, The Week, 23 June 2023 -
In addition to seafoam shades, other looks evoked the ocean.
— Maane Khatchatourian, Los Angeles Times, 10 Mar. 2024 -
So which is going to win between El Nino and the hot oceans?
— Seth Borenstein, Anchorage Daily News, 25 May 2023 -
But as the ocean warms, its water laps against the ice shelves from below and speeds up their melting.
— Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Oct. 2023 -
Hoang was knocked unconscious from the fall and the waves swept him into the ocean, police said.
— Gina Martinez, CBS News, 6 Mar. 2023 -
Buy at Free the Ocean ($10): Each purchase of this bowl funds the removal of 10 pieces of plastic from the ocean and coastlines.
— Mimi Ausland, Treehugger, 27 Nov. 2023 -
The Sun is slowly heating up and in half a billion years will boil away Earth’s oceans.
— Michael Wysession, Fortune, 27 July 2023 -
Fearless in the ocean and never afraid of a good time, Laka loves his job and the lifestyle that comes with it.
— Joe Otterson, Variety, 18 Jan. 2024 -
The hillside suites—long a guest favorite for their ocean views—still have their private pools as well.
— Ann Abel, Forbes, 30 Oct. 2024
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