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

Crews from both our inshore lifeboats searched until midnight, and began searching again at first light today, around 05:30.

From BBC • Jul. 30, 2023

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

There were only three boats in sight now and they showed very low and far inshore.

From "The Old Man and The Sea" by Ernest Hemingway