sea breeze

Example Sentences

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When the next streetcar rolls in, the upper deck fills with a gaggle of schoolgirls, squabbling over who gets the window seat closest to the sea breeze.

From Barron's • Feb. 25, 2026

And warmer waters can reduce the cooling effect that coastal populations would usually get from the sea breeze.

From BBC • Jul. 11, 2025

What would normally have been a pleasant sea breeze along the eastern coast of Florida was instead a hazy plume of smoke on Tuesday.

From New York Times • Oct. 3, 2023

There’s also a photograph of a Black man on a beach, eyes shut and head tilted as though he is taking in a healing breath of sea breeze.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 28, 2022

The smoke from the burning pizza changed into something fragrant—the smell of a dean sea breeze with wild- flowers mixed in—but I had no idea if that meant my father was really listening.

From "The Sea of Monsters" by Rick Riordan