bays 1 of 2

plural of bay

bays

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verb

present tense third-person singular of bay

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of bays
Noun
The coastal flood threat has largely ended for Atlantic and Cape May counties, although high water remains a concern in some of the back bays farther north through the morning. — Kate Bilo, CBS News, 28 Sep. 2026 This business will have four simulator bays, and local PGA coaches will be on hand to assist players, Antrobus said. — Emma Hall, Sacbee.com, 24 Sep. 2026 Discover the Rhythm of Florida’s Northwest Coast From a boutique inn to the backwater bays Taylor Eisenhauer uncovers the storied side of Florida’s Panhandle. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Sep. 2026 Storage bays beneath the bus held larger items, including extra clothes, strollers, kitchen equipment and backup food supplies that wouldn’t fit in the drawers beneath the couches. — Jordan Greene, PEOPLE, 18 Sep. 2026 Long Beach’s city health officer on Sunday issued an advisory warning people not to swim at any of the city's beaches or bays for at least three days. — ABC News, 6 Sep. 2026 Along the Mississippi Gulf Coast, the historic route connected waterfront communities that were once separated by rivers, bays, and marshes, creating a new way for travelers to experience the region’s seafood, architecture, and maritime traditions. — Abby Price, Travel + Leisure, 4 Sep. 2026 The cutting arena at Bosque Ranch also has editing bays, where Sheridan and his team put together shows. — Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 26 Aug. 2026 Yet the bigger story sits inside the facility’s simulator bays. — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 21 Aug. 2026
Verb
According to the Atlantic Marine Conservation Society, Pancake was recently spotted in the South Shore Estuary Reserve bays off of Long Island. — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 5 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bays
Noun
  • There was Sinners, Coogler’s vampire movie that delivered $370 million in ticket sales and Academy Awards glory.
    — Mia Galuppo, HollywoodReporter, 2 Oct. 2026
  • But there will be no return to the glory days of the mid-20th century, when almost half of Americans routinely attended a church, synagogue or mosque, the same study concluded.
    — John Blake, CNN Money, 1 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • O’Kane shouts when Tom Brokaw announces that one of the men suspected of plotting the attack has been detained.
    — Jeff Goodell, Rolling Stone, 11 Sep. 2026
  • Fighters loyal to the Houthi authorities, shouts slogans during a rally to recruit more fighters, in Sanaa on September 10, 2026.
    — Sam Meredith, CNBC, 11 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • The sharp howls after a patient traveling from abroad presented with a full-term fetal demise?
    — Caroline Cherston, STAT, 25 Aug. 2026
  • At night, the coyote howls echo through the development keeping residents awake.
    — N. Kirkpatrick, Washington Post, 1 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • Clearly he hasn’t been flooded with offers since that accolade, so his agent has set him up with Lady Isabella, who claims to have a Netflix commission for a bio-doc about her life.
    — Guy Lodge, Variety, 2 Oct. 2026
  • To be precise, the 2022 MTV Video Music Awards, where Dove received the Best New Artist accolade—a prize for which Måneskin, the Italian rock group fronted by Damiano that is currently on hiatus, were also nominated.
    — Liam Hess, Vogue, 29 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Things escalate as the two share a car ride home from a fancy gala and the bad man yells at her for embarrassing him.
    — Alejandra Gularte, Vulture, 28 Sep. 2026
  • The film focused on a young Black reenactor at a historical slave plantation museum in the Midwest who yells at tourists and fights with the town’s racist mayor — played by Parker — was reportedly slated to go into production in the summer of 2024.
    — Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 10 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • Stillness, which had seemed ontologically secondary to the art form, now gained distinction as a substantive component.
    — Sophie Landres, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2026
  • The distinction matters in environments such as logistics and manufacturing, where productivity depends on throughput rather than simply completing an individual movement.
    — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 1 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • On the floor, my brother cries into the carpet, pawing at the ground.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 17 Sep. 2026
  • In the kitchen, Shannon cries because Vicki, who was so excited about this trip, has basically gone nonverbal.
    — Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 11 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • The singer recently put out her eighth studio album, Popstar, to much critical acclaim and fanfare online, as her day one fans are taking a victory lap on social media.
    — Angel Diaz, Billboard, 30 Sep. 2026
  • There’s plenty of that to go around, too, beginning with a bizarrely grisly meet-uncute between Lowen Ashleigh (Johnson), a young novelist with acclaim but no sales to write home about, and slick realtor Jeremy Crawford (Hartnett).
    — Guy Lodge, Variety, 30 Sep. 2026

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“Bays.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bays. Accessed 5 Oct. 2026.

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