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How to use transatlantic in a sentence

14 example sentences · adjective

Transatlantic means beyond, spanning or crossing, or on or from the other side of the Atlantic Ocean. Example: “Cork is the railway that runs from Glanmire Road Station in Cork City to the popular seaside resort of Youghal (pronounced "Yawl") and the town of Cobh (pronounced "Cove"), which is Ireland's port of call for transatlantic liners.”

Examples of transatlantic by meaning

adjectiveBeyond, spanning or crossing, or on or from the other side of the Atlantic Ocean.

  • Cork is the railway that runs from Glanmire Road Station in Cork City to the popular seaside resort of Youghal (pronounced "Yawl") and the town of Cobh (pronounced "Cove"), which is Ireland's port of call for transatlantic liners.1955 May, Walter McGrath and Colm Creedon, “The Cork-Youghal-Cobh Section of C.I.E.”, in Railway Magazine, page 308
  • Many travellers via Fishguard regret the closing by British Transport Hotels & Catering Services of the Fishguard Bay Hotel, built by the G.W.R. early in the century for the expected transatlantic traffic.1961 August, “New traffic flows in South Wales”, in Trains Illustrated, page 492
  • Ruth Elder was known for her beauty and acting, but her real dream was to become the female version of transatlantic aviator Charles Lindbergh.2016 November 15, Karla Pequenino, “The women pilots that history forgot”, in CNN

More sentences with transatlantic

  • This is no way to treat transatlantic partners.2020 April 12, Simon Tisdall, “US's global reputation hits rock-bottom over Trump's coronavirus response”, in The Guardian. From the entry benefit of the doubt
  • But despite the overt similarity of the rules, Rome II does not evince a broad, transatlantic consensus on conflict of laws.2010, Clay H. Kaminsky, “The Rome II Regulation: A Comparative Perspective on Federalizing Choice of Law”, in Tulane Law Review, volume…. From the entry evince
  • These figures include a breakdown into the following categories for overseas travel routes: air cross-channel, sea cross-channel, continental and transatlantic.2005 (November 29) Tom Kitt, Dáil Éireann, v611 c8. From the entry cross-channel
  • The legendary liner is retiring from transatlantic sailing after 33 years of crossing the Pond between New York and Southampton, England.2002 October 13, Renee Vogel, “Queenly Succession”, in Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, Calif.: Los Angeles Times Communications, →ISSN…. From the entry pond
  • If you shorten them to 'Mel' and 'Perry', they've got a democratically twentieth-century and transatlantic ring to them.1991, Angela Carter, Wise Children, Chatto & Windus, →ISBN, page 16. From the entry Melchior
  • TWA expects that its lounger will keep it flying high in transatlantic business, where it now leads all other airlines.1985 May 13, "Business Notes Airlines", Time. From the entry vote with one's feet
  • But you have Gizmo at your side, if he has not expired or drowned in his own filth during the transatlantic crossing.”2021 October 28, Sam Johnson & Stefani Robinson & Paul Simms & Lauren Wells, “The Portrait” (24:50 from the start), in What We Do in the…. From the entry deucedly
  • Mr Johnson told the BBC the UK and US shared a belief in human rights, the rules-based international order and the transatlantic alliance.2021 June 11, Laura Kuenssberg, “G7: UK and US have an 'indestructible relationship', PM says”, in BBC News. From the entry international order
  • Yet their framework led to Afrofuturistic writings that for the first time linked the transatlantic slave trade to a metaphor of alien abduction.2013, Ytasha L. Womack, Afrofuturism: The World of Black Sci-Fi and Fantasy Culture, →ISBN, page 32. From the entry Afrofuturistic
  • In the following year it was even rumored in Edinburgh that Waverly was written by Jeffrey “to lighten the taedium of his transatlantic voyage.”1941, The New England Quarterly, page 316. From the entry taedium
  • Brinton University of British Columbia, Canada The dearth of real-time studies of the histories of transatlantic English varieties can be attributed to the lack of readily accessible, electronic corpora.2015, Marina Dossena, Transatlantic Perspectives on Late Modern English, →ISBN, page 13. From the entry cane

Meaning of transatlantic

  1. adjective Beyond, spanning or crossing, or on or from the other side of the Atlantic Ocean.

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Questions about transatlantic in a sentence

How do you use transatlantic in a sentence?
Transatlantic is used as an adjective. For example: “Cork is the railway that runs from Glanmire Road Station in Cork City to the popular seaside resort of Youghal (pronounced "Yawl") and the town of Cobh (pronounced "Cove"), which is Ireland's port of call for transatlantic liners.”
What is a short sentence with transatlantic?
“This is no way to treat transatlantic partners.”
What does transatlantic mean?
Transatlantic means beyond, spanning or crossing, or on or from the other side of the Atlantic Ocean.

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