strait

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

However, an end to the fighting doesn’t mean that Iran will immediately reopen the strait.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 6, 2026

Another Chinese worker, a 48-year-old on a ship moving Iranian goods to China, described slipping across the strait in late March after being stuck for three weeks.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 5, 2026

Energy Information Administration, about one-fifth of global petroleum liquids trade passes through the strait, which has been effectively closed since early in the war.

From Barron's • Apr. 4, 2026

About 100 vessels have been able to pass through the strait, according to data analysed by BBC Verify in late March.

From BBC • Apr. 4, 2026

The strait between Siberia’s Chukotsky Peninsula and Alaska’s Seward Peninsula is now only 56 miles wide and about 120 feet deep, shallower than many lakes.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann