How to Use ocean in a Sentence

ocean

noun
  • We've sailed across hundreds of miles of ocean.
  • Sometimes the talks went deep — like to the depths of the ocean.
    Julie Jag, The Salt Lake Tribune, 1 Jan. 2023
  • 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
  • Each of the four bedrooms has its own deck with views of the ocean.
    Amanda Kaufman, BostonGlobe.com, 18 Jan. 2023
  • Rich dark-blue walls capture the eerie calm of ocean depths.
    Shantay Robinson, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 June 2023
  • The 28-year-old Wright grabbed a surfboard and ran some 50 meters to the ocean.
    Talya Minsberg Gabriella Angotti-Jones, New York Times, 22 Dec. 2022
  • 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
  • The strong winds have piled up ocean water along the coastline.
    Dave Epstein, BostonGlobe.com, 23 Dec. 2022
  • There are four colors to choose from: ocean, graphite, smoke, and white.
    Brandi Fuller, Better Homes & Gardens, 21 Apr. 2023
  • The mammal, that gets its name from the fin on its back, near its tail, is found in oceans across the world.
    Saman Shafiq, USA TODAY, 20 Nov. 2024
  • That area, where the river meets the ocean, had been the site of the Nakdong Bulge, part of a monthlong battle in 1950.
    E. Tammy Kim, The New Yorker, 6 Jan. 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
  • With the crackle of the fire and the distant roar of the ocean as our soundtrack, the yarns carry us out into the night.
    Nina Karnikowski, Condé Nast Traveler, 29 Dec. 2022
  • 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
  • Watching those pages come out of the printer was like seeing the last chunk of Antarctic ice fall into the ocean.
    Ayad Akhtar, The Atlantic, 4 Dec. 2024
  • The witness also reportedly said the abductors threw Eastman's body into the ocean, however, police are yet to find a body during their search efforts.
    Kirsty Hatcher, People.com, 5 Dec. 2024

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