inshore
Example Sentences
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A lifeboat was launched at 03:22 BST, with an inshore lifeboat also launched.
From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026
The voice belonged to Scott Brown, a crew member on the D-class inshore lifeboat that had been searching for Mandy after receiving multiple 999 calls.
From BBC ● Apr. 14, 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
“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
Mostly he drifted, though once he rowed inshore a ways to a spot where gulls were screeching and diving and trying to lift themselves back up into the air.
From "Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy" by Gary D. Schmidt
