Example sentences for: ocean-going

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

  • These range from simple rowing boats of just a few feet in length to hundred-foot ocean-going vessels.

  • At Ieyasu’s command, Adams (the model for the hero of James Clavell’s novel Shogun) set up a shipyard in Ito and built Japan’s first two European-style ocean-going vessels.

  • Escape the crowds by heading east along the waterfront to the Campbell Avenue Docks, where you can watch the ocean-going fishermen unloading their haul or join them for a hearty meal in the local canteen.

  • The river traffic is a motley flotilla of modern container ships and ocean-going junks — their sails the color of grime — of packed ferries and convoys of barges, warships, rusty coasters, and bobbing sampans.

  • Large sleek sailboats ply the Atlantic from the US in an ocean-going race at least once each year, and there is nothing quite like watching these beautiful vessels arrive in harbor (see page 95).


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