free diver

noun

plural free divers

: a person who engages in free diving

Using just their lungs, free divers have kept going deeper and holding their breath longer than anyone expected.—

John Tierney

called also skin diver

Examples of free diver in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Rated to 131 feet for professional free divers, the controller and floating safety harness limit descents to 10 feet for everyone else. —

J. George Gorant, Robb Report, 7 Sep. 2024 Elsewhere in the interview, Berry also talked about her experience playing a free diver in 2012’s Dark Tide. —

Zoe G. Phillips, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Aug. 2024 Virgil Price, the Florida free diver, who went missing on Sunday, was 39 years old and last seen wearing a green wet suit, the sheriff's office said. —

Cara Tabachnick, CBS News, 14 May 2024 Surfers and other beachgoers participating in board sports were the most common targets of shark attacks in 2023, followed by swimmers and waders and, lastly, snorkelers and free divers. —

Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 5 Feb. 2024 See all Example Sentences for free diver

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