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How to use undersea in a sentence

13 example sentences · adjective

Undersea means existing, relating to, or made for use beneath the sea, that is, beneath the sea surface, inside the sea. Example: “The Grand Canyon is a rift in the Earth's surface, but is smaller than some of the undersea ones.”

Examples of undersea by meaning

adjectiveExisting, relating to, or made for use beneath the sea, that is, beneath the sea surface, inside the sea.

  • It is not known just what action will be taken against the captain of the undersea boat.1920, George M. Battey, Jr., 70, 000 Miles on a Submarine Destroyer, Webb & Vary Company, page 133
  • An undersea tunnel to the little island.1923, The Saturday Evening Post, G. Graham, page 58
  • Sea Lab I, the Navy’s new undersea laboratory, complete with observation porch and garage, should become safe to operate at the 200 foot level.1966, Robert B. Thomas, The Old Farmer's Almanc, Yankee Pub, page 44

More sentences with undersea

  • The Grand Canyon is a rift in the Earth's surface, but is smaller than some of the undersea ones.From the entry rift
  • Undersea telegraph cables are laid between Taiwan and Fujhou, Fujian Province.2005, Wu Mi-cha, editor, 台湾史10講 [Ten Short Talks on Taiwan History], →ISBN, →OCLC, page 95. From the entry Fujhou
  • Nautilus, had made history by completing the first undersea traverse of the North Pole.1990 August, John Bockstoce, “Changing Images of the Northwest Passage”, in National Geographic, volume 178, number 2, page 15. From the entry traverse
  • Undersea boats spell a nameless, historical terror because no effective counterarm has been perfected.1917, Flying - Volume 5, page 136. From the entry counterarm
  • Another plan to build an undersea repository off the Wuchiu islands in the Taiwan Strait has set off local protests.2000 March 14, Erik Eckholm, “China and Taiwan Pursue Secret Nuclear Waste Deal”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the…. From the entry Wuchiu
  • Then you probably missed Ayn Rand’s objectivism in BioShock (where the villain builds an undersea city out of the reach of government).2008 September 15, Tom Kuntz, “Fantasy and Philosophy”, in New York Times. From the entry objectivism
  • They are swimming toward some kind of undersea plant (a sea anemone?), itself surrounded by watermelon-size amoeba shapes with long, fingery edges.2007 July 15, Christopher Gray, “What the Future Looked Like Yesterday”, in New York Times. From the entry fingery
  • To visit the undersea realm of Artur, the High Prince, and the rest of the royal merfamily, she has to fin it to the Cayman Islands.2012, MaryJanice Davidson, Swimming Without a Net, Jove (2007), back cover blurb. From the entry merfamily
  • One project full of symbolism for the two is an undersea cable project that will link the northern Taiwan town of Tamsui (also called Danshui) to China's Fujian Province.2010 June 10, Dan Nystedt, “China and Taiwan Connect on New Undersea Cable Project”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from…. From the entry Danshui
  • Some of the children are painting a mural of undersea life, and others are working at their teleputers, researching and producing multimedia reports on various marine topics.2000, Marianne Williamson, Imagine: What America Could be in the 21st Century, page 90. From the entry teleputer

Meaning of undersea

  1. adjective Existing, relating to, or made for use beneath the sea, that is, beneath the sea surface, inside the sea.

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Questions about undersea in a sentence

How do you use undersea in a sentence?
Undersea is used as an adjective. For example: “The Grand Canyon is a rift in the Earth's surface, but is smaller than some of the undersea ones.”
What is a short sentence with undersea?
“An undersea tunnel to the little island.”
What does undersea mean?
Undersea means existing, relating to, or made for use beneath the sea, that is, beneath the sea surface, inside the sea.

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