How to Use rip current in a Sentence

rip current

noun

• If you're caught in a rip current, the first step is to flip to your back and float.
  — ABC News, 6 July 2023
• There will be a strong rip current along the entire coastal.
  — Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 May 2021
• All but two of the rip current deaths this year were men and boys, data show.
  — Timothy Bella, Washington Post, 2 Aug. 2023
• Lifeguards said the ocean had strong rip currents that day.
  — Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 May 2023
• The storm may whip up waves of 25 to 30 feet just off the coast, which translates to near-shore rip currents and rough surf.
  — Matthew Cappucci, Washington Post, 20 Sep. 2023
• Some on board were able to swim to shore while others were caught in a rip current.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Oct. 2021
• Or just go with the flow and ride out the rip current, saving your energy for the swim back to shore.
  — Natalie Neysa Alund, USA TODAY, 1 Aug. 2023
• If you get caught in a rip current, try to stay calm and call for assistance.
  — Leigh Morgan, al, 8 June 2021
• The group was caught in a rip current and managed to reach the shore, except for one missing person.
  — Lynnette Cantos, orlandosentinel.com, 24 Oct. 2020
• The risk of rip currents will remain high along the Atlantic Coast into next week.
  — Omar Rodríguez Ortiz, Miami Herald, 22 Mar. 2024
• He was caught by a rip current and drowned before anyone could reach him.
  — Rita Beamish, San Francisco Chronicle, 1 Nov. 2021
• The rip current risk will rise to high on Wednesday and stay there through the rest of the work week, according to the weather service.
  — Leigh Morgan, al, 26 Sep. 2022
• On both days, the ocean conditions in the area warned about rip currents, which kill about 100 people a year in the United States.
  — Kerry Breen, CBS News, 6 Sep. 2023
• The system will bring rough surf and a high rip current risk heading into the weekend.
  — Janice Dean, Fox News, 16 Sep. 2021
• Belinda and Robert Stone had gotten caught in a rip current, which was pulling them out to sea.
  — Abigail Adams, Peoplemag, 19 Jan. 2024
• At least 76 people have died in rip currents so far this year, NOAA data shows.
  — Allison Chinchar, CNN, 28 Sep. 2023
• If a scissor or near-scissor topic is what gets the rip current going, the take trap pulls the swimmer in.
  — Bonnie Kristian, The Week, 19 Aug. 2021
• The surf will be in the 1-foot to 3-foot range on Friday and Saturday, and the rip current danger will be low, the weather service said.
  — Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 July 2023
• Red flags are flying and rip current risk are expected to be high along the Gulf Coast throughout much of this week.
  — Leada Gore | [e-mail], al, 13 July 2022
• Breaking waves as large as 26 feet in height could arise as a result of the winds and rip currents are likely, according to the NWS.
  — Austin Turner, The Mercury News, 31 Jan. 2024
• Both regions along the coast are at a significant risk for rip currents, high waves and strong winds.
  — Angie Dimichele, Sun Sentinel, 9 Jan. 2024
• The soccer coach looked out at two dozen or so of his players and felt nervousness course through him like a rip current.
  — Kurt Streeter Mason Trinca, New York Times, 5 May 2023
• The risk of rip currents now spans the East Coast from Florida to coastal Massachusetts.
  — Christina Maxouris, CNN, 13 Sep. 2023
• Areas along the coast could also see hazardous storm surge and coastal flooding, strong rip currents and rough surf.
  — Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN, 22 Sep. 2023
• Statistics show drownings from rip currents are on the rise.
  — John Sharp | [e-mail], al, 15 July 2023
• Witnesses told the sheriff’s office that the pair of tourists got pulled out by a rip current and the young man was overtaken by waves.
  — The Associated Press, NOLA.com, 12 Oct. 2020
• Each new story of a drowning death in a beachfront rip current is a fresh blow to Suzi Merical.
  — Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA TODAY, 17 Aug. 2022
• Remember that there is a sandbar on either side of the rip current where the water is much more shallow.
  — Amanda Gokee, BostonGlobe.com, 27 July 2023
• Storm surge threat could see 1 to 2 feet on the coast from the mouth of the Rio Grande to Port Mansfield while coastal swells could cause life-threatening surf and rip current conditions.
  — Richard Tribou, Orlando Sentinel, 20 Aug. 2022
• Offshore waves of 25 to 30 feet are likely, with dangerous rip currents for the entire East Coast.
  — Matthew Cappucci, Washington Post, 21 Sep. 2023

Last Updated: 28 May 2024