How to Use open ocean in a Sentence

open ocean

noun
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  • The strait connects the Persian Gulf to the Gulf of Oman, and the open ocean beyond.
    — Missy Ryan, Washington Post, 3 Aug. 2023
  • So many whales foraged in the bay that the mariners didn’t need to venture to the open ocean.
    — Douglas Main, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 Jan. 2024
  • Three weeks ago, the view from Iwo Jima showed open ocean.
    — Mike Ives, New York Times, 8 Nov. 2023
  • The city has 28 miles of public shoreline on both the Chesapeake Bay and the open ocean.
    — Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 23 Feb. 2024
  • But that doesn’t mean sperm whales want to restrict themselves to the open ocean.
    — Emma Marris, The Atlantic, 22 Feb. 2023
  • Swim, fly, roll and chomp your way to the open ocean in a bid for freedom and to reunite friends once again.
    — Kris Holt, Forbes, 23 Feb. 2023
  • On the open ocean, waste brine can be quickly dispersed.
    — Christopher Flavelle, BostonGlobe.com, 10 June 2023
  • Courtesy David Liu The open ocean air wasn’t the only draw to the summer getaway.
    — Kimmy Yam, NBC News, 12 Sep. 2023
  • It was located far from land, moving west in the open ocean.
    — Damian Dovarganes and Jordi Lebrija, Chicago Tribune, 20 Aug. 2023
  • Females feed in the open ocean, where there’s enough food to meet their needs with fewer predators.
    — Don Sweeney, Sacramento Bee, 22 Feb. 2024
  • The mountain that towers above the city offers panoramic views of the peaks beyond, the city below, and the fjords snaking out to the open ocean.
    — David Nikel, Forbes, 27 Mar. 2024
  • Not only that, but the debris carried more coastal species than open ocean species.
    — Melissa Breyer, Treehugger, 18 Apr. 2023
  • Their course would take them down the Patapsco River toward the Chesapeake Bay and then the open ocean.
    — USA TODAY, 27 Mar. 2024
  • Oceanic whitetip shark facts The sharks: Are a highly migratory species in the open ocean.
    — Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA TODAY, 1 May 2023
  • Cruise through the waters of mangrove forests, along serene rivers, or across the open ocean in search of your next adventure (and dinner!).
    — Chantae Reden, Popular Mechanics, 31 May 2023
  • Traveling across the open ocean for days at a time requires a different type of ship.
    — Elizabeth Weise, USA TODAY, 18 Jan. 2024
  • How storm surge happens In the open ocean, hurricane winds push water toward the center of the storm.
    — Javier Zarracina, USA TODAY, 29 Aug. 2023
  • The fact-checkers, however, noted that the example wasn’t of the open ocean but a very shallow bay and not even a record high.
    — Paul Bedard, Washington Examiner, 8 Aug. 2023
  • How storm surge happens In open ocean, hurricane winds push water toward the center of the storm.
    — George Petras, USA Today, 30 May 2023
  • Díaz warned that most open ocean beaches in Puerto Rico do not have lifeguards.
    — Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 28 Mar. 2024
  • This can holder can handle five-foot swells in the open ocean or an off-road ATV ride, definitely one of the best fishing gifts out there.
    — Max Inchausti, Field & Stream, 25 May 2023
  • Kittiwakes spend almost their entire lives on the open ocean, returning to the shore only to nest.
    — Carlyn Kranking, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 Oct. 2023
  • Díaz noted that most open ocean beaches in Puerto Rico do not have lifeguards.
    — CBS News, 29 Mar. 2024
  • Hundreds of times a year, gargantuan vessels like this one, laden with containers of freight, had eased beneath the Key, bound for open ocean and ports around the globe.
    — William Wan, Washington Post, 30 Mar. 2024
  • But marine mammals that live in the open ocean face even more challenging conditions.
    — Ashley Strickland, CNN, 20 Apr. 2023
  • The findings suggest that, as far as coastal species are concerned, there was nothing inhospitable about the open ocean other than the lack of something solid to latch on to.
    — John Timmer, Ars Technica, 17 Apr. 2023
  • Many of these solutions have already proven successful in labs and are beginning field trials in the open ocean.
    — Michael Leitch, Scientific American, 12 Sep. 2023
  • Sargassum, a genus of large brown seaweed, is pretty much harmless —or even beneficial—out in the open ocean.
    — Sara Kiley Watson, Popular Science, 13 Mar. 2023
  • Some coastal species, like mussels, barnacles, and anemones, clearly need to latch on to a surface as part of their normal life cycle, and so find the open ocean inhospitable.
    — John Timmer, Ars Technica, 17 Apr. 2023
  • Environment Science Before setting into life on the reef, many reef fishes are spawned in the open ocean and must swim against strong currents to get back.
    — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 11 May 2023

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