How to Use onshore in a Sentence

onshore

adjective

• An onshore breeze from the east should hold highs to the upper 40s to mid-50s.
  — Dan Stillman, Washington Post, 1 Mar. 2023
• Both the most recent spill and the 2017 one rank among the top-ten largest onshore spills in the past decade.
  — Nick Martin, The New Republic, 5 Nov. 2019
• Parsons said onshore winds pushed smoke from the end of the pier toward the shore.
  — San Diego Union Tribune, Orange County Register, 26 Apr. 2024
• Chinese stocks slumped and the onshore yuan fell to its weakest in a year.
  — Time, 25 Apr. 2022
• Knutsen, who worked at the park in the past, said that onshore wind will push them onto the beach.
  — Amanda Oglesby, USA TODAY, 29 Oct. 2019
• With a light onshore flow, cloud cover will be hard to shake as well.
  — Greg Porter, Washington Post, 20 June 2020
• Instead, the blooms have hung around the coast and keep getting pushed in by onshore winds, Stumpf said.
  — Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 8 Mar. 2023
• The onshore yuan was last trading at about 7 yuan to one US dollar.
  — Laura He, CNN, 3 Feb. 2020
• Near and north of the storm’s center, onshore flow will pile water against the coastline.
  — Matthew Cappucci, Washington Post, 21 Sep. 2023
• The worst surge will occur near and south of landfall as onshore winds pile up the water.
  — Ian Livingston, Washington Post, 13 May 2023
• So that was a highlight, and then all of the onshore beach scenes were really fun for both of us.
  — Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 May 2023
• This should be the warmest day of the week as onshore flow should strengthen by Wednesday.
  — oregonlive, 5 Oct. 2020
• In the summer, high pressure along the West Coast promotes onshore breezes and keeps rain away.
  — Los Angeles Times, 13 Feb. 2021
• In this area, Lisa’s onshore winds will push up to 4 to 7 feet of ocean water into the coastline.
  — Matthew Cappucci, Washington Post, 2 Nov. 2022
• British cannonballs bounced off the trees' spongy bark and the invaders couldn't get onshore.
  — Star Tribune, 16 Mar. 2021
• The bulk of the steady rain is done by Monday morning, but a pesky onshore wind will keep light showers and drizzle in the mix for the rest of the day.
  — Greg Porter, Washington Post, 11 Oct. 2020
• Afternoons should remain cool for the next few days, thanks to a cool onshore breeze.
  — Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times, 26 May 2023
• However, strong onshore flow will keep the metro area cloudy throughout the day.
  — oregonlive, 10 Sep. 2021
• In the onshore market, this was more than was commissioned by the entire world in 2019.
  — Felicia Jackson, Forbes, 10 Mar. 2021
• The onshore yuan was little changed at 6.996 per dollar.
  — Todd White, Fortune, 27 Dec. 2019
• The onshore royalty rate has remained the same since 1920, said Porter.
  — Josh Siegel, Washington Examiner, 3 Mar. 2021
• There was an onshore wind coming up past the western tip of Cat Island and there was a light chop to the water.
  — New York Times, 14 Oct. 2022
• In fact, the prices of onshore wind and solar are now even with gas and cheaper than coal and nuclear.
  — Jeff Berardelli, CBS News, 25 Sep. 2020
• That makes solar and onshore wind farms costlier to build than in places with lots of flat, empty land.
  — The Economist, 21 June 2020
• Storm surge is the ocean water pushing inland on the onshore winds of the hurricane.
  — Elisa Raffa, CNN, 4 Aug. 2024
• Will see an increase in clouds as onshore winds bring marine clouds onto the coast.
  — Joe Mario Pedersen, orlandosentinel.com, 1 Feb. 2022
• The county took a hard lashing from onshore winds on Monday.
  — Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Oct. 2021
• Ready for a Saturday full of sunshine, warmth, and some onshore breezes?
  — Andres Picon, San Francisco Chronicle, 14 May 2022
• That’s because Puerto Cabezas now finds itself to the right of the eyewall, with onshore winds that will pile water up against the coast.
  — Washington Post, 3 Nov. 2020
• After all, solar and onshore wind farms are already the cheapest source of electricity for most of the world.
  — Justine Calma, The Verge, 5 June 2024

Last Updated: 28 Nov 2024