shallow
Example Sentences
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This process involves slow, circulating movement within the ice caused by temperature differences between deeper and shallower layers.
From Science Daily
The island's coast is close enough to deep waters, unlike the shallower coast of the mainland.
From BBC
Iran’s stockpile includes basic ordnance designed to drift or be anchored to the floor of the shallow Persian Gulf.
The Iranians also had influence mines adapted to the Gulf's shallow waters, which are sown on the seabed and explode when a large ship is detected overhead, he said.
From Barron's
Revealed in a shallow, veiled space, where light streams in gently at left, the figure’s soft handling is markedly different from the meticulously painted basket of fruit he offers to the viewer.
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