How to Use at sea in a Sentence
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The center of the cyclone was at sea and posed no threat to land.
—ABC News, 1 July 2026
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To this point, the party’s leadership seems at sea about what to do.
—The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 5 July 2026
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Sequences of the long boats at sea are stunning, even more so during a fierce storm.
—David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 15 July 2026
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The ships and their crews would be at sea for years and, if not enough whale oil was brought back, the sailors didn’t get paid.
—Terry W. Hartle, Christian Science Monitor, 6 July 2026
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Air conditioning keeps the cabins cool on hot summer days at sea.
—Karissa Waddick, USA Today, 1 July 2026
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Nowhere is that ambition more evident than over a single long summer at sea.
—Condé Nast Traveler, 15 July 2026
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The most obvious is out at sea, via one of the island's many catamaran cruises.
—Jonnie Bayfield, Condé Nast Traveler, 19 July 2026
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The artists discussed filming the boat burning at sea or filling it with books before setting it ablaze.
—Michelle F. Solomon, Miami Herald, 21 July 2026
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And yes, Nolan and his crew were actually out at sea, aboard a replica of a Greek ship.
—Brianna Zigler, Entertainment Weekly, 17 July 2026
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The impact speed would be equivalent to more than Mach 26 at sea level.
—Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 19 July 2026
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Hundreds of supporters gathered to cheer her arrival after nearly a month and a half at sea.
—Brittany Miller, FOXNews.com, 5 July 2026
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Most spend their lives at sea or hauled out on remote, uninhabited islands far from anyone.
—Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026
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With more than 1,200 days at sea as a commercial fisherman, his ties to the ocean are deep.
—Iona Brannon, Condé Nast Traveler, 20 Apr. 2023
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Quick getaways aren’t trying to reinvent cruising so much as remind travelers that a few days at sea can still feel like a win.
—David Dickstein, Oc Register, 15 July 2026
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One in three New Bedford whaling ships would eventually be lost at sea.
—Literary Hub, 6 July 2026
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Instead, the signs are revealed in the effortless, subtle habits people who love sailing have honed over years at sea.
—Kristy Tolley, Travel + Leisure, 17 July 2026
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The Chinese vehicle now has three flights under its belt, all of which launched from ships at sea and achieved full mission success.
—Mike Wall, Space.com, 22 July 2026
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Enforcement is no longer limited by the number of patrol vessels available at sea.
—IEEE Spectrum, 16 July 2026
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Now a new study delves into just how the mice survive at such high altitudes, which afford less than half of the oxygen available at sea level.
—Mary Randolph, Scientific American, 9 July 2026
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He and his dory were overlooked and forgotten by the mothership in a fog leaving him and a compatriot at sea five days from land.
—Chadd Scott, Forbes.com, 29 June 2026
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When inventory is floating on a container ship for four or five months, a brand’s capital is completely locked up at sea.
—Arthur Zaczkiewicz, Footwear News, 30 June 2026
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Throw the poncho over a dress on cool nights at sea or style the skort with a simple button-down for another sophisticated port outfit.
—Melony Forcier, PEOPLE, 26 July 2026
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The ship’s crown jewel is Le Voyage, a first-ever Daniel Boulud fine-dining restaurant at sea.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 July 2026
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Royal Bay, the most expansive pool at sea, is filled with 40,000 gallons of water.
—Natalia Senanayake, PEOPLE, 29 June 2026
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As their name implies, these highly specialized vessels are designed specifically to transport supplies to and from oil rigs and wind farms at sea.
—Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 22 July 2026
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What works at a beach resort or city hotel doesn’t always translate well at sea, where wind, ship movement, dress codes, and port-specific regulations can come into play.
—Jill Schildhouse, Southern Living, 15 July 2026
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As the ship was at sea, Hynes was laughing it up with Britt and Bennett and enjoying the view when Walker called for him over a walkie-talkie.
—Breanne L. Heldman, PEOPLE, 3 July 2026
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Disney sprinkled its famous pixie dust on the ship by adding the longest roller coaster at sea, a three-deck-tall castle and an open-air Marvel superhero stunt show.
—Christian Sylt, Fortune, 16 July 2026
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These maps account for a range of variables, including cargo-shipping routes, surface currents, wind patterns, and the unpredictable drift of objects at sea.
—Alexander Klose, Scientific American, 24 July 2026
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The yacht will be used privately, for select charters, and to facilitate further scientific research at sea.
—Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 13 July 2026
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