How to Use to sea in a Sentence
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Officials do not know if the missing people are with the boat, trapped under one of its three decks, or were swept out to sea.
—Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 16 July 2026
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The bedroom maintains one atmosphere of pressure, equivalent to sea level, behind walls of seven-inch acrylic.
—Bill Gourgey, Popular Science, 2 July 2026
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One of Carne’s earliest memories is almost getting swept to sea by a riptide while growing up in southern California.
—Michele Bigley, Condé Nast Traveler, 18 Jan. 2023
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In one photo, Silva stood on the sand with Alexander and James looking out to sea and in another Gere and Silva sat with their kids on the beach.
—Escher Walcott, PEOPLE, 4 July 2026
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Climate change also contributes to sea-level rise, as coastal communities like Annapolis, Maryland, and Miami are discovering with increasing days of high-tide flooding.
—Scott Frickel, The Conversation, 1 Aug. 2022
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However, when her island's resources are threatened, Moana embraces her ancestors' voyaging heritage and heads out to sea to find Maui, deliver the heart of Te Fiti (which Maui stole back in the day) and save her people.
—Brian Truitt, USA Today, 9 July 2026
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The victim was on the beach in front of the Marriott Puerto Vallarta Resort and Spa when he was allegedly attacked by the reptile and dragged out to sea, Jalisco State Police said in a statement on Sunday.
—Claire Bower, ABC News, 29 June 2026
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