lagoon

Example Sentences

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After a false start at a resort off Trieste, he arrives in Venice and rides across the lagoon to nearby Lido.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 4, 2026

The crescent-shaped Venetian lagoon glows in shades of turquoise, revealing the network of islands that form the floating city of Venice along the Adriatic coast.

From Science Daily • Feb. 9, 2026

With the lagoon central to their lives, they have protested against the move to force them out of Makoko.

From BBC • Feb. 2, 2026

All structures built within 100 metres of transmission lines that cut over the lagoon were marked for removal.

From Barron's • Jan. 16, 2026

They searched the camp, the lagoon, the fishing lines, the jetty, everywhere they could think to look.

From "Beauty Queens" by Libba Bray