deep blue sea
Example Sentences
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The shallow water helps protect them from larger sharks and killer whales that would eat them with relish, like chewy hors d’oeuvres, if they drifted too far into the deep blue sea.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 14, 2025
He claimed that he had "reflected" many times on whether the lockdown did more harm than good, but argued: "We were between a rock and a hard place, the devil and the deep blue sea".
From BBC • Nov. 3, 2023
But then the deep blue sea reminds Comet of space, and Comet reminds Haylee of a dolphin, jumping and playing in the waves.
From New York Times • Jun. 24, 2021
You can capture an image of yourself against the impossibly beautiful backdrop of an orange sun dropping from a pink sky into a deep blue sea.
From Economist • Mar. 28, 2018
“I s’pose you were stuck twixt the devil and the deep blue sea, child. You done your best, but we got us some real trouble now.”
From "Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High" by Melba Pattillo Beals
