oceanic

Example Sentences

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Their vibrant, jam-packed settings depict anything from an oceanic rave to a rainbow-hued big top performance to a joyride through the cosmos.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 25, 2026

Mr. Nézet-Séguin found the score’s oceanic qualities without wallowing in them, holding to its throughline even in the most fervid passages, and making the mood changes between the acts and within them clear.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 11, 2026

Greenland’s geopolitical relevance—for oceanic and space domination, for missile defense, for critical-mineral extraction, for oil and gas—has only grown.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 15, 2026

This occurs as an oceanic tectonic plate sinks deeper into the Earth's interior.

From Science Daily • Jan. 1, 2026

I became attached to these oceanic hitchhikers, though they weighed the raft down a little.

From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel