sea dogs

plural of sea dog

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for sea dogs
Noun
  • Paillettes were melted and trimmed, long duster coats inspired by Carnival's 'bad-behavior' sailors, one of the characters featured in the festivals.
    Roxanne Robinson, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
  • People, including sailors or builders, who worked jobs that kept them solvent during temperate weather, might be left wageless as winter approached.
    Time, Time, 16 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • While this may cause some disruptions for those located along the northern shorelines and nearby mariners, land impacts will be to a lesser extent with the current path compared to a direct track into the Big Island.
    Joe Edwards, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Sep. 2025
  • In their campaign so far, the Houthis have sunk four vessels and killed at least eight mariners.
    Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 8 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Akoa Makani, Howard and McBride take on the toughest perimeter assignments for the league’s three best defenses and are excellent screen navigators.
    Ben Pickman, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2025
  • Designed to help European navigators at sea, the map distorted landmasses by enlarging regions near the poles such as North America and Greenland while shrinking Africa and South America.
    Jason Ma, Fortune, 23 Aug. 2025
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“Sea dogs.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sea%20dogs. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.

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