Example sentences for: coastal

How can you use “coastal” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • Coral reefs are being damaged by careless divers; lagoons that once teemed with tropical fish are now being polluted by suntan lotion; the beaches where sea turtles once laid their eggs are being taken over by sun-beds and volleyball nets; crocodiles and manatees that once cruised the coastal waters are now endangered species.

  • Compare the sturdy cedarwood canoes, built to negotiate the Pacific’s coastal waters, with the lighter birchbark craft used by Eastern Woodlands Indians for the rivers of Ontario and Québec.

  • Inside the museum, alongside the artifacts of other Pacific civilizations, the rich culture of the coastal tribes — Haida, Kwakiutl, Salish, Tlingit, and Tsimshian — is beautifully displayed and illuminated in a space where the roof-glass seems to open the halls to the heavens.

  • Coastal Alentejo

  • He claimed the whole coastal territory for Queen Elizabeth I, but England was being kept busy with other concerns and no attempt was made to settle the new territory.


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