sea breeze

noun

: a cooling breeze blowing generally in the daytime inland from the sea

Examples of sea breeze in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web All that was missing was a sea breeze, but no one seemed to mind. Shauna Lyon, The New Yorker, 22 Mar. 2024 An offshore flow, which keeps air moving from land to sea, will weaken in the coming days, allowing for a chilly sea breeze to sweep across the region and drop daytime high temperatures a degree or two into the mid-60s. Hannah Fry, Los Angeles Times, 12 Feb. 2024 Imagine being less than 25 miles from the coast, basking in SoCal sunshine while a gentle sea breeze whispers through the vineyards. Branded Content Contributor, Orange County Register, 8 Jan. 2024 French doors with arched transom windows line the ocean-facing living room, inviting in the sea breeze and sounds of the ambling waves. Spencer Elliott, Forbes, 17 Feb. 2024 When the sea breezes are cut off, the inland can warm up a lot. Paul Rogers, The Mercury News, 12 Jan. 2024 But recent research has found that the seas are in fact burping the particles into the atmosphere to blow back onto land, both when waves break and when bubbles rise to the surface, flinging microplastics into sea breezes. Matt Simon, WIRED, 18 Dec. 2023 There’s a spicy vitality to it, like an invigorating sea breeze on a warm day. Dave McIntyre, Washington Post, 25 Jan. 2024 Cooling sea breezes don’t reach these low-lying plains, which also receive less rainfall than the east. Gavin Butler Matthew Abbott, New York Times, 20 Dec. 2023

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Word History

First Known Use

1661, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of sea breeze was in 1661

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“Sea breeze.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sea%20breeze. Accessed 28 Mar. 2024.

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sea breeze

noun
: a cooling daytime breeze blowing inland from the sea

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