How to Use seafloor in a Sentence

seafloor

noun

• The seafloor at the base of a blue hole acts like a calendar of past storms.
  — J. Besl, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 June 2022
• The sub sank to the seafloor more than 5,000 feet below; the crew of three escaped safely.
  — Timothy Shank, Scientific American, 1 Aug. 2022
• The base of the volcano connects to the seafloor in the area, which is 1.2 kilometers (.75 miles) down.
  — Joshua Hawkins, BGR, 24 May 2022
• Auctions so far have been for those anchored to the seafloor.
  — Gillian Flaccus, Anchorage Daily News, 5 Dec. 2022
• Both Nord Streams are composed of two strands of pipe running along the seafloor.
  — Melissa Eddy, BostonGlobe.com, 25 Oct. 2022
• Over three weeks and dozens of dives, these sedan-length submersibles surveyed and filmed the seafloor.
  — Bridget Alex, Discover Magazine, 24 Dec. 2022
• To hunt, these creatures likely stood on the seafloor, heads held aloft.
  — Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 June 2023
• The captain’s son, Kelly Walsh, was the last to wear the timepiece on a trip to the seafloor via the same sub a year later.
  — Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 27 Oct. 2023
• The two parts of the famed liner are separated on the seafloor by about 2,600 feet.
  — Kimberlee Speakman, Peoplemag, 17 May 2023
• This cap prevents the less dense fresh water from rising up to the seafloor.
  — Rob L. Evans, Scientific American, 15 June 2023
• The nodules sit on top of the seafloor, so there is no drilling or digging needed.
  — IEEE Spectrum, 15 Feb. 2023
• Cliff height, the strength of the rock, wave action, the slope of the beach and the slope of the seafloor could all factor into a cliff’s stability.
  — Rosanna Xia, Los Angeles Times, 18 Aug. 2022
• Lumpfish are solitary creatures that spend most of their lives on the seafloor.
  — New York Times, 19 July 2022
• The settlement requires the Navy to place sand at a depth of 4 to 9 inches over 8 total acres on the seafloor.
  — Josh Farley, USA TODAY, 20 Sep. 2022
• About 45 miles from the volcano, the eruption cut off a seafloor fiber-optic cable.
  — Rahul Rao, Popular Science, 7 Sep. 2023
• Dead animals and plants, which hold carbon, sink and become buried in the seafloor.
  — Zayna Syed, Popular Science, 17 Apr. 2023
• Surrounded by muck and covered in grime, a large object sat on the seafloor off the southern coast of Italy.
  — Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 6 Feb. 2024
• In a submersible, however, researchers can reach the seafloor and stay there for hours.
  — Nell Lewis; Video By Earl Nurse, CNN, 2 Nov. 2022
• Their daily migrations stir the ocean as much as wind or tides, and their falling corpses and waste feed life on the seafloor.
  — The New Yorker, 15 Apr. 2022
• So far, only three percent of the seafloor in the conservation has been mapped.
  — Joshua Hawkins, BGR, 11 May 2022
• Eventually, the buoy is meant to break down, with the limestone dissolving and the wood and kelp drifting to the bottom of the seafloor.
  — Robinson Meyer, The Atlantic, 25 May 2022
• The seafloor drops away precipitously from the coast, making for deep waters close to the shore.
  — Nick Perry, USA TODAY, 12 Sep. 2022
• By law, the seafloor surrounding the United Kingdom up to 12 miles off the coast is the property of the sovereign.
  — Tim McDonnell, Quartz, 22 Sep. 2022
• Multibeam sonar is collected by sensors mounted on ships (ones that haven’t sunk to the seafloor, of course).
  — Darren Incorvaia, Discover Magazine, 5 Oct. 2022
• How many other octopus nurseries exist on the seafloor around the world?
  — Faith E. Pinho, Los Angeles Times, 30 Aug. 2023
• The 87-year-old oceanographer has spent much of her life exploring the ocean and still holds the world record for the deepest untethered walk on the seafloor.
  — Ashley Strickland, CNN, 5 Nov. 2022
• At some point—the when and why remain a mystery—the larvacean discards it, to the delight of scavengers waiting on the seafloor below.
  — The New Yorker, 15 Apr. 2022
• The constant thumping of the bass drum evokes the distant churn of the tide as heard from the seafloor, sending seaweed into a slow dance, shuffling side-to-side.
  — Hazlitt, 23 Nov. 2022
• Only about a quarter of the seafloor has been mapped at high resolution.
  — Ethan Freedman, Scientific American, 17 Oct. 2023
• Because of the anchor’s size and the potential cost of conservation, the park will leave the artifact on the seafloor.
  — Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 Dec. 2023

Last Updated: 3 May 2024