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

Last month, on the first day of Louisiana’s inshore shrimp season, a tank platform collapsed, pouring 14,000 gallons into Terrebonne Bay and ruining the catch.

From New York Times • Sep. 14, 2022

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

From Slate • Sep. 1, 2022

In 1919, the entire Coast Guard fleet was made up of twenty-six inshore vessels, a few converted tugboats, and twenty-nine small cruisers.

From "1919 The Year That Changed America" by Martin W. Sandler