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How to use marina in a sentence

18 example sentences · noun

Marina means a harbour for small boats. Example: “It's a peaceful marina with not too many boats and yachts.”

Examples of marina by meaning

nounA harbour for small boats.

  • It's a peaceful marina with not too many boats and yachts.
  • The marina was a mainstay of the neighborhood, and Mr.2007 January 7, Alex Mindlin, “For a Shuttered Marina, Some Regret, Some Relief”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 11...

More sentences with marina

  • The yatch lies at rest in the marina.From the entry at rest
  • They were on their way to a clambake, a Friday night with friends at the marina.2022, Ling Ma, “Tomorrow”, in Bliss Montage, New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, →ISBN. From the entry kelly green
  • Beyond the marina, lights danced on the dark water—buoys, boats, a half-waxen moon.2015, Kevin Egan, The Missing Piece. From the entry half-waxen
  • “This eliminates the obstruction, increases the navigatability and makes it look like less of a marina.”2015 December 9, Greg Stanley, “Collier extends paramedic agreement with North Collier Fire, removes taxi rules”, in Naples Daily News…. From the entry navigatability
  • The wharf now is a marina, the torpedo storage sheds, a dining pavilion.1996, Robert Gannon, Hellions of the Deep, page 34. From the entry betweentimes
  • In narrow marina berths, tightly closed blinds are a defense against everything from bash-and-grab thieves to peeping toms.1991, Janet Groene, Dressing ship: how to furnish, refurbish, and accessorize your boat, →ISBN. From the entry bash and grab
  • "Marina Gregg's been having hysterics most days.1962, Agatha Christie, The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side. From the entry shemozzle
  • The nets used to catch the totoaba have also contributed to the demise of another critically endangered species, the vaquita marina, the world’s smallest porpoise.2018 April 25, Agence France-Presse. From the entry vaquita marina
  • There was a pier, a marina, a fish house, and a large anchorage by the fish house for both commercial shrimpers and charter fishing boats.2012, John Farris, Dragonfly. From the entry fish house
  • Some yacht clubs have similar haul-out facilities to marinas and make them available to non-members, albeit at a higher rate than that for club boats.2011, Alastair Buchan, How to Sail on a Budget, page 102. From the entry haul-out
  • A Fleet Street veteran of the hot-metal days, he had moved to the Mediterranean and spotted an anglophone niche among the marinas and yacht brokers.2000, JG Ballard, Super-Cannes, Fourth Estate, published 2011, page 127. From the entry hot metal
  • This marina is the closest to the ocean and has a surprisingly liberal liveaboard policy (10 percent of the total population; children, pets, okay).1978, San Diego Magazine, page 110. From the entry liveaboard
  • The vaquita marina, known as the "panda of the sea" for the distinctive markings circling its eyes, has been pushed to the brink of extinction by illegal gillnet fishing.2017 November 6, The Telegraph. From the entry vaquita marina
  • Nosegay loafed along at five knots as it knifed up the yacht basin, passing the line of marinas that laced the inner shore of Shelter Island.2005, John McPeek, Loma View. From the entry knife up
  • Today the ubiquitous cabin cruiser seems to many a Sunday skipper like nothing more than a watertight version of the car he left parked at the marina.1963 July 5, “Perils of the Surface”, in Time. From the entry cabin cruiser
  • The marina was filled with yachts and powerboats, sleek multihulls fitted with the latest satellite-navigation gear that would steer the owners painlessly towards similar luxury berths at Portofino and Bandol.2000, JG Ballard, Super-Cannes, Fourth Estate, published 2011, page 141. From the entry owner

Meaning of marina

  1. noun A harbour for small boats.

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Questions about marina in a sentence

How do you use marina in a sentence?
Marina is used as a noun. For example: “It's a peaceful marina with not too many boats and yachts.”
What is a short sentence with marina?
“"Marina Gregg's been having hysterics most days.”
What does marina mean?
Marina means a harbour for small boats.

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