How to Use surf in a Sentence

surf

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• We could hear the roar of the surf.
• Good news, since sharks and humans shark the surf zone.
  — Melissa Cristina Márquez, Forbes, 16 Mar. 2023
• There are dozens of surf stores and beach cafes to visit, but the real action is on the sand and in the surf.
  — Megan Wood, Travel + Leisure, 17 Feb. 2024
• My first show was at an Irish bar, opening for a surf band.
  — Lisa Deaderick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Jan. 2024
• The storm could lead to beach erosion, rough surf and rip currents.
  — Kenton Gewecke, ABC News, 7 Nov. 2022
• Locals surf and fish off the beaches, or hunt pigs in the mountains.
  — Guthrie Scrimgeour, WIRED, 14 Dec. 2023
• The airplane landed on the beach and flipped over into the surf, Nulty said.
  — Los Angeles Times, 23 Dec. 2022
• The storm may whip up waves of 25 to 30 feet just off the coast, which translates to near-shore rip currents and rough surf.
  — Matthew Cappucci, Washington Post, 20 Sep. 2023
• The car was Paul’s family car—his son’s surf wax in the cup holder, dog hairs on the back seat.
  — Emma Cline, The New Yorker, 23 Oct. 2023
• Men bring in hauls of tuna and sometimes shark, while children play in the surf.
  — Scott Peterson, The Christian Science Monitor, 3 Apr. 2023
• The primary suite includes a balcony from which to enjoy the sounds and sights of the surf.
  — Degen Pener, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 Dec. 2023
• Where lake and land meet, the water can be whipped by the wind into crashing surf.
  — David Frum, The Atlantic, 21 Mar. 2024
• The video ends as the crocodile pulls the bird back into the surf and turns around to enjoy its tasty snack.
  — Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 26 Mar. 2024
• Instead, Lindsey will hit the bike or, during the warmer months, surf.
  — Olivia Evans, Women's Health, 22 Mar. 2023
• Gaines and Ehlen do wait around to make sure everyone comes back in from the surf safely.
  — oregonlive, 1 Jan. 2023
• Now, the place where Bing Crosby crooned about the turf meeting the surf has scored the big-event version of the daily double.
  — Bryce Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Nov. 2023
• This store, housed in an old school building since 1989, sells and rents surf and beach equipment.
  — Jessica Flint, WSJ, 1 Dec. 2022
• Their strokes changed and the friend was waving his arms for help in the water a few hundred yards from the beach, but outside the surf zone.
  — CBS News, 4 Nov. 2022
• Yes, there are tree ducks like black-bellied whistling ducks, and sea ducks like surf scoters.
  — M.d. Johnson, Field & Stream, 2 Nov. 2023
• Longer rods, ranging from 8 feet all the way out to 14-plus feet, work well for making long casts into the surf from a beach.
  — Rob McDonald, Field & Stream, 13 Sep. 2023
• The surf season peaks from November to March with a good swell every three to four days.
  — Maggie Hiufu Wong, CNN, 13 Mar. 2023
• Out on the bluff around the tower, Snowman showed me the damage caused by three centuries of pounding surf.
  — Dorothy Wickenden, The New Yorker, 30 Oct. 2023
• Read full article The trunks form a ghostly threshold from the forested path to the beach and to the dawn’s mingling of surf, light, and mist.
  — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 27 July 2023
• No one is born with the ability to ride a skateboard, surf or even stand on their tiptoes.
  — Discover Magazine, 19 Oct. 2023
• Labonte climbed onto the stern and prepared to enter the water just as a huge wave slammed the craft, throwing him into the surf.
  — Arkansas Online, 5 Feb. 2023
• One night, a nesting turtle crawled back toward the surf with a large hook stuck in her front flipper.
  — Smithsonian Magazine, 10 July 2023
• Will there still be sandy beaches or surf breaks to cherish in the future, coastal road trips and oceanfront homes left to dream about?
  — Rosanna Xia, Los Angeles Times, 22 Aug. 2023
• And the Beach Club: a half-mile of private Atlantic beach with daybeds, food service, and (for when the surf is not enough) three pools with cabana rental.
  — Klara Glowczewska, Town & Country, 25 July 2023
• The Tesla appeared to have flipped a few times before landing on its wheels, wedged against the cliff just feet from the surf, Pottenger said.
  — Los Angeles Times, 3 Jan. 2023
• Some people with full-time jobs couch surf or sleep in vehicles.
  — Karin Brulliard, Washington Post, 22 Dec. 2023

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surf

2 of 2 verb

• He learned to surf when he was living in California.
• Most days of the week, David Perry heads out to the beach to surf.
  — Amy Taxin, ajc, 4 Oct. 2021
• But a feast like this puts you close to surf and sun and sand.
  — Tom Sietsema, Washington Post, 20 June 2022
• The video shows strong winds pushing both sand and surf toward the shore.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 29 Jan. 2022
• Some three weeks after the fires, Lau still hadn’t surfed.
  — Elahe Izadi, Washington Post, 14 Sep. 2023
• One way McAvoy and Lindholm connect away from the ice: both of them like to surf.
  — Matt Porter, BostonGlobe.com, 10 Dec. 2022
• Rent sand disks to surf the dunes, or bring your horse and check out the 800-acre equestrian area.
  — Amanda Ogle, Travel + Leisure, 20 Feb. 2022
• The beach was closed for swimming and surfing on Tuesday.
  — Hurubie Meko, New York Times, 13 Aug. 2023
• Being able just to surf big waves is its own challenge.
  — Joshua St. Clair, Men's Health, 18 Jan. 2023
• My nephews are learning to surf and can swim for hours just minutes from the house.
  — Fox News, 11 June 2022
• But many die-hard surfers want to surf, not train, and that entails more than just standing on top of a wave.
  — Spenser Mestel, The Atlantic, 21 Apr. 2022
• Use it to surf the web, send messages, and take notes, all with the touch of your fingers (or adding on the Apple Pencil).
  — Amy Schulman, Peoplemag, 4 Jan. 2024
• Climbers can also surf the internet to know the safest routes and methods.
  — Faustine Ngila, Quartz, 19 Aug. 2022
• Like many, the 19-year-old began subway surfing in his mid-teens.
  — Joshua Needelman, Curbed, 16 Aug. 2023
• Decades ago, snowboarding was born from a desire to surf on snow.
  — Drew Zieff, Outside Online, 28 Mar. 2022
• The people around the woman, who wasn’t moving, were eventually able to lift her and crowd-surf her out of the crush.
  — NBC News, 8 Nov. 2021
• From dolphin-watching tours to surf fishing to clamming, there are plenty of ways to pass the time.
  — Alex Schechter, Travel + Leisure, 8 June 2022
• The group shares a big dream: to eventually surf on Hawaii’s famous North Shore.
  — Christian Allaire, Vogue, 8 Aug. 2022
• On July 3, a 15-year-old boy was bitten on the foot by shark while surfing off of Fire Island.
  — Francisco Guzman, USA TODAY, 8 Aug. 2023
• Mendes does surf, and Cabello did sell a house around Christmas.
  — Elizabeth Logan, Glamour, 4 Mar. 2022
• If so, then these are the films that gave us a reason to get out of the house again (or, in some cases, to stay on the couch and surf the streaming services).
  — Michael O'Sullivan, Anchorage Daily News, 31 Dec. 2021
• In March last year, a Dutch populist party surfed a wave of rural anger to land a big election.
  — Sophie Tanno, CNN, 3 Feb. 2024
• There was far more pain from not being able to surf and play football and lacrosse for months than the injury itself.
  — Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 1 Nov. 2022
• On Sunday, the 50-year-old singer shared sweet photos from a day at the beach with sons Matteo and Valentino, where the soon-to-be 14-year-olds learned how to surf.
  — Angela Andaloro, Peoplemag, 8 Aug. 2022
• Onboard the ship, families can play laser tag and surf the Flow Rider.
  — Megan Dubois, Chron, 31 Mar. 2023
• Paniccia used to surf for a living, one of the few female pro surfers back in the 1970s when the surfing world was mostly a boys' club.
  — CBS News, 22 May 2022
• For example, a young child just learning is quite light and doesn’t need a lot of firmness or speed, so will surf at a slow end of the range.
  — Tim Newcomb, Popular Mechanics, 13 July 2023
• Fire up your web browser and surf to the Privacy Dashboard page(Opens in a new window).
  — PCMAG, 23 May 2022
• Sometimes, the humans who swim and surf in the ocean get misidentified as prey, though attacks are still very rare.
  — Tara Duggan, San Francisco Chronicle, 28 Oct. 2022
• South Padre Island has sand dunes, sea turtles, and even surfing.
  — Pam Leblanc, Condé Nast Traveler, 1 Mar. 2024

Last Updated: 7 May 2024