How to Use loch in a Sentence

loch

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  • The loch is about 23 miles long and less than 2 miles wide.
    — George Petras, USA TODAY, 17 Aug. 2023
  • For a fee, tourists can also take trips on the loch during the search.
    — George Petras, USA TODAY, 17 Aug. 2023
  • The loch lies between a ridge and the distant sea on the eastern side of North Uist.
    — Washington Post, 18 Oct. 2019
  • It’s as cold as the waters of that loch, and nowhere near as lucid.
    — Joe Morgenstern, WSJ, 30 Jan. 2020
  • New species of bacteria may hide in the deep, dark loch.
    — Jason Daley, Smithsonian, 29 May 2018
  • Tourists drive past peat bogs and deep blue lochs on their way to the distilleries.
    — New York Times, 17 Oct. 2019
  • The creature grew in fame in 1934 when a photo showed a beast with a long neck poking its head above the loch's waters.
    — Emma Colton, Fox News, 3 Sep. 2023
  • This small loch in the heart of the Cairngorms in the Scottish Highlands comes into its own in late summer, when the flies die down and the crowds head home.
    — Joe Minihane, CNN, 29 Oct. 2021
  • Photos of mysterious objects in the loch still make the news — at least in tabloids.
    — Stephen C. George, Discover Magazine, 23 Jan. 2024
  • The origin of curling traces back to 16th century Scotland, where the sport was played on frozen ponds and lochs.
    — Sean Gregory, Time, 12 Jan. 2018
  • And luckily this fisherman saw him and came to pick him up and took him to the other side of the loch and back to safety.
    — National Geographic, 15 Aug. 2016
  • But more recently demand grown louder than a piper on the loch.
    — Michelle Gross, Robb Report, 7 Dec. 2023
  • Modern visitors can enjoy views through the oriel windows of the king’s bedchambers, or over the loch to the Forth bridges.
    — Glasgow, USA TODAY, 13 June 2019
  • But there are other shallow spots nearby, like North and South Loch Ness, that are much warmer than the deep waters of the loch itself.
    — Rachel E. Greenspan, Time, 23 July 2019
  • Nixon said the hunt will showcase how the loch has a certain magic that forces people to ponder what lurks beneath.
    — Jennifer Hassanand Adela Suliman The Washington Post, Arkansas Online, 27 Aug. 2023
  • Tourists have long flocked to Drumnadrochit and other towns along the loch for a glimpse of whatever might be lurking in the water.
    — James Hookway, WSJ, 30 July 2021
  • And almost no loch is bigger or more majestic than Loch Ness.
    — Stephen C. George, Discover Magazine, 23 Jan. 2024
  • More Film Reviews But why would a frigid swim in a Scottish loch make anyone a better assassin?
    — Joe Morgenstern, WSJ, 30 Jan. 2020
  • The researchers hope their study will help scientists understand more about the loch’s ecosystem and the threat posed by invasive species.
    — Avery Thompson, Popular Mechanics, 24 May 2018
  • The new species discovered may just be bacteria, or details about invasive species in the loch.
    — Laura Yan, Popular Mechanics, 26 May 2018
  • The search for the creature, also known as Nessie, is being spearheaded by the Loch Ness Center, the loch's official tourism center.
    — Justin Klawans, The Week, 5 Aug. 2023
  • Kelpie, a flame-haired Scot, is modeled on mythical sirens who would lure the unsuspecting to a watery death in a Scottish loch.
    — James Hookway, WSJ, 4 Mar. 2020
  • Loch Ness also connects to various other rivers and lochs, which in turn ultimately lead to the North Sea.
    — Stephen C. George, Discover Magazine, 23 Jan. 2024
  • With its very own loch, the surrounding area is rich with hunting and fishing activities.
    — Roger Sands, Forbes, 26 Jan. 2022
  • But the loch itself is also a beautiful part of Scotland’s stunning landscape.
    — Andrea Romano, Travel + Leisure, 11 Apr. 2020
  • Growing up so poor that he’s never left the city, Mungo is nervously excited about seeing a forest, a loch, a fish!
    — Washington Post, 5 Apr. 2022
  • Scotland boasts thousands of freshwater lochs, many of which welcome wild swimming.
    — Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 5 Sep. 2023
  • Enjoy a leisurely cruise on the waters of Loch Ness, keeping a careful eye out for the legendary beast lurking below the surface, or explore loch-side Urquhart Castle.
    — National Geographic, 12 June 2019
  • Some worry Nessie will be pulled from the loch and killed, eventually ending up on display inside a museum for people to gape at.
    — Jennifer Hassan, Washington Post, 27 Aug. 2023
  • Eels are nocturnal and spend most of their time hiding, so they are not often seen by humans, but there are most likely hundreds of thousands of small eels in the loch systems in Scotland, Oliveira said.
    — Maria Lovato, BostonGlobe.com, 6 Sep. 2019

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