How to Use high sea in a Sentence

high sea

noun
Definition of high seanext
  • The high seas make up 61% of the ocean, and 73% of its volume.
    — Shailene Woodley, Time, 4 Sep. 2019
  • There’s now a place on the high seas for the new nomad.
    — Mark Ellwood, Condé Nast Traveler, 26 June 2019
  • The need to adapt to higher seas is now a fact of life.
    — The Economist, 15 Aug. 2019
  • The Bunker Hill’s crew is considered to be one of the best on the high seas.
    — Carl Prine, sandiegouniontribune.com, 6 Oct. 2017
  • Here are nine of our favorite places to work on the high seas.
    — Gemma Harris, Robb Report, 22 Feb. 2024
  • Want to sail the high seas with your favorite HGTV twins?
    — Jennifer Aldrich, Country Living, 23 Apr. 2018
  • So, just you and the high seas with nothing in between them.
    — Vinod Sreeharsha, Miami Herald, 2 May 2024
  • The high seas are sometimes called the world’s last true wilderness.
    — Laura Paddison, CNN, 4 Mar. 2023
  • The refugee boat that capsized went over in driving wind and rain and high seas.
    — NBC News, 29 Sep. 2017
  • Disney Cruise Line’s new ship will bring the magic of its theme parks to the high seas for the first time.
    — Nathan Diller, USA TODAY, 6 Sep. 2023
  • The scions of two of the world’s wealthiest families fell in love on the high seas.
    — Meryl Gordon, Town & Country, 7 Nov. 2019
  • Fishing was good before the big seas rolled in and tough while the high seas prevailed.
    — sacbee, 24 Oct. 2017
  • Call him the luckiest cruise ship worker on the high seas.
    — USA TODAY, 2 July 2018
  • Only the tiny oval is long gone, swallowed with a clump of sweet flesh, and sailing the high seas of your gut.
    — Ali Francis, Bon Appétit, 22 July 2023
  • For the unversed, Riva is one of the world’s oldest, most renowned shipyards and builds some of the finest yachts on the high seas.
    — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 25 Aug. 2023
  • British pirates seized them in a raid on the high seas while searching for gold and silver.
    — Robin Wright, The New Yorker, 31 July 2019
  • And the right of a country to operate on the high seas includes the freedom of overflight.
    — Ashley S. Deeks, The Conversation, 15 Mar. 2023
  • Kris Jenner shared a dispatch from her starry day on the high seas!
    — Henry Chandonnet, Peoplemag, 11 July 2023
  • Here, Seakeeper’s gyro serves to keep things steady on the high seas.
    — Jack Stewart, WIRED, 21 May 2018
  • There’s no word yet on what cruisers might expect for their vaginas on the high seas.
    — Tanya Edwards, refinery29.com, 13 Jan. 2020
  • The track's bombast came through loud and clear, and its arena-worthy guitar swells held their own on the high seas.
    — Chris Payne, Billboard, 28 Jan. 2018
  • The Oregon coast continues to see high sea levels for the early part of this week.
    — oregonlive, 15 Dec. 2020
  • But the biggest issue now seems to be that nobody knows the scale of the problem or which parts of the high seas are affected.
    — Steven Lee Myers and Javier C. HernÁndez, New York Times, 12 Feb. 2018
  • Still, the cat-and-mouse game that smugglers and sanctions enforcers have long played on the high seas isn’t likely to come to an abrupt end soon.
    — Benoit Faucon, WSJ, 1 Nov. 2018
  • Scientists will use the photos to help plan for high sea levels in the future.
    — Anna Bauman, SFChronicle.com, 11 Jan. 2020
  • Damen Yachting’s newest fleet member is ready to prove itself on the high seas.
    — Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 9 Aug. 2023
  • Beyond her glamorous looks, Leona is a solid performer on the high seas.
    — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 18 Aug. 2023
  • Now in its second season, Our Flag Means Death has to pick up the pieces of that relationship post-breakup on the high seas.
    — James Grebey, Vulture, 6 Oct. 2023
  • The pier, though, has struggled to make a substantive impact on the worsening hunger crisis, as high seas have forced it to shut down several times in the six weeks it's been operational.
    — Anne Flaherty, ABC News, 28 June 2024
  • For centuries, the Royal Navy has guaranteed worldwide freedom of navigation, fighting pirates and other raiders of commerce on the high seas.
    — New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 13 Jan. 2024

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