inlet

Example Sentences

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Scotland's First Minister John Swinney however expressed dismay that he had only heard about the tanker being in the Scottish inlet of Moray Firth via media reports.

From Barron's • Jan. 14, 2026

Tomales Bay is a long inlet off the Pacific, about 15 miles long and a mile wide.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 7, 2025

Ten years later, Hurricane Isabel created a new inlet across the same island.

From The Wall Street Journal • Aug. 20, 2025

The Wash is a large inlet of the North Sea stretching from south of Skegness, in Lincolnshire, to near Hunstanton, in Norfolk.

From BBC • Mar. 18, 2025

The shining thing had been a long inlet of the sea.

From "The Horse and His Boy" by C.S. Lewis