inshore
Example Sentences
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After the alarm was raised, Barry Dock RNLI's inshore lifeboat was launched towards Limpet Bay.
From BBC ● Jun. 10, 2026
Three of New Zealand’s eight navy ships—two offshore patrol vessels and one inshore patrol vessel—were mothballed.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 25, 2026
On our flight the pilots warned us they would drop the containers over the sea, but the southwesterly breeze would drift them back inshore.
From BBC ● Apr. 9, 2024
“It can be really deceptive when you see a lot inshore and you see bluefish nipping at menhaden in the fall.”
From Slate ● Feb. 4, 2024
The inshore waters —the bays, the sounds, the river estuaries, the tidal marshes — form an ecological unit of the utmost importance.
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
