inshore

Example Sentences

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Three of New Zealand’s eight navy ships—two offshore patrol vessels and one inshore patrol vessel—were mothballed.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 25, 2026

On our flight the pilots warned us they would drop the containers over the sea, but the southwesterly breeze would drift them back inshore.

From BBC • Apr. 9, 2024

“As we see increased water temperatures, certainly this could lead to more of these events occurring,” Ms. St. Clair said, “especially in our shallow, near-shore or inshore environments.”

From New York Times • Jun. 11, 2023

“When these bunker come inshore, the sharks are feeding on them,” he said.

From Slate • Sep. 1, 2022

Mostly he drifted, though once he rowed inshore a ways to a spot where gulls were screeching and diving and trying to lift themselves back up into the air.

From "Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy" by Gary D. Schmidt