How to Use coast in a Sentence

coast

1 of 2 noun
  • He lives on the coast.
  • He's flying out to the Coast tomorrow.
  • Hey, long-shot but any chance you guys are on the east coast?
    — Danielle Parker, CBS News, 30 June 2026
  • From coast to coast, sea to shining sea.
    — Dan Gooding, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2025
  • Not only as a third coast for film, but for tech as well.
    — Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 21 Apr. 2026
  • Start there, and the rest—lakes, rivers, or coast—falls into place.
    — Francesca Krempa, Outside, 15 Jan. 2026
  • Showers will be more likely on the east coast.
    — Bill Kearney, Sun Sentinel, 23 Mar. 2026
  • Most settlements on its coast were washed away.
    — M. Rajshekhar, Time, 11 Sep. 2025
  • On this sublime stretch of coast, of course, a slice of paradise is hard to come by.
    — Sam Cochran, Architectural Digest, 25 June 2026
  • But there’s more to Doha than its iconic coast.
    — Condé Nast Traveler, 17 Feb. 2026
  • At least one vessel also was hit off the country’s coast.
    — Julia Frankel, Los Angeles Times, 3 Mar. 2026
  • The spa is set to be one of the top wellness offerings on this stretch of coast.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 12 May 2026
  • Clubs from coast to coast will bid for the two-way sensation’s services.
    — Jorge Castillo, Los Angeles Times, 9 July 2023
  • Don’t do it on the west coast or in another country, do it in our state.
    — Stuart Dyos, Nashville Tennessean, 21 Sep. 2025
  • Sydney is on Australia’s east coast.
    — ABC News, 18 June 2026
  • From coast to coast, these train journeys showcase some of the season’s best scenery.
    — Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 4 June 2026
  • Outside, deer, hawks, and even whales offshore remind you how wild this stretch of coast still is.
    — Erika Owen, Architectural Digest, 24 Feb. 2026
  • Got stuck on a wooden sailboat in a storm off the coast of Mozambique.
    — Ruthie Ackerman, Vogue, 27 Dec. 2023
  • One of West coast Hiphop royal treasures.
    — Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 28 Oct. 2025
  • But nearly all the Baltic coast is firmly in the hands of the alliance.
    — James Stavridis, Twin Cities, 13 Oct. 2025
  • Several tankers fled the Venezuelan coast in the wake of the raid.
    — Baltimore Sun Staff, Baltimore Sun, 15 Feb. 2026
  • The Pac-12’s new coast is on Great Salt Lake.
    — Jason Kirk, New York Times, 18 Feb. 2026
  • This year’s cohort are scattered across both coasts and the Midwest.
    — News Desk, Artforum, 8 Apr. 2026
  • Tracking showed the flotilla boats edging along the south coast of Crete.
    — April 30, CBS News, 30 Apr. 2026
  • The dredges tend to stay on their own coast, except in rare cases of a dire need or emergency.
    — Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Sep. 2025
  • Russell—toying with the idea of quitting acting for good—jumped coasts.
    — Emily Nussbaum, New Yorker, 6 Oct. 2025
  • This is a west-coast groundcover that resembles a large clover with pink to white blooms.
    — The Spruce, 30 June 2026
  • Trinidad is only seven miles from the Venezuelan coast.
    — Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 18 Oct. 2025
  • Kyiv says ships can avoid Russian strikes and ship grain by hugging the country’s coast.
    — Anna Hirtenstein, WSJ, 23 Aug. 2023
  • The goal of the balsero — which translates to rafter— is to reach the Florida coast.
    — Sarah Moreno, Miami Herald, 8 Apr. 2026

coast

2 of 2 verb
  • The car coasted to a stop.
  • The children coasted on sleds down the snowy hill.
  • The airplane coasted down the runway.
  • He was accused of trying to coast through school.
  • She decided she could coast along without a job for the next few months.
  • They came coasting down the hill on bicycles.
  • After taking a big lead, the team coasted to victory.
  • The company is coasting on its good reputation.
  • Norwood would coast from that point on.
    — Brendan Connelly, Boston Herald, 3 Jan. 2026
  • Try to coast or glide over bridges and icy areas.
    — Alexis Simmerman, Austin American Statesman, 24 Jan. 2026
  • Try to coast or glide over bridges and icy areas.
    — Alexis Simmerman, Austin American Statesman, 26 Jan. 2026
  • Try to coast or glide over bridges and icy areas.
    — Alexis Simmerman, Austin American Statesman, 15 Dec. 2025
  • Jude Law has never been one to coast on his good looks.
    — Patrick Ryan, USA Today, 23 Sep. 2025
  • Young did not play like someone trying to coast home with a lead.
    — Noah Gulley, Miami Herald, 3 May 2026
  • For most of the time, the spacecraft is just coasting through space.
    — Kenneth Chang, New York Times, 26 July 2023
  • The days of learning a skill once and coasting on it for life are over.
    — Amanda Gerut, Fortune, 8 June 2026
  • The cyclists coast down each hill and then dismount to push their bikes up the next.
    — Nicola Twilley, The New Yorker, 15 Aug. 2022
  • Just like with Kyle, Amanda can coast in his wake.
    — Brian Moylan, Vulture, 3 June 2026
  • Brooklyn will still outscore teams and should coast to the Finals.
    — Scooby Axson, USA TODAY, 17 Oct. 2021
  • That mystery is the highlight of this film, which coasts on her daring turn.
    — Tim Grierson, Vulture, 8 Nov. 2025
  • These Lakers, even at full strength, are mediocre and prone to coast through games.
    — New York Times, 24 Dec. 2021
  • If played straight, the game would have almost been able to coast on story alone, but that’s not the case.
    — Brittany Vincent, BGR, 6 Oct. 2021
  • Almost like a driver of a car hitting the gas while coasting up a hill.
    — Lee Billings, Scientific American, 5 Apr. 2023
  • No one covered Johnson, who coasted in for an easy score.
    — Matt Barrows, New York Times, 14 Oct. 2025
  • For the first three months of this season, the Yankees coasted.
    — Dan Schlossberg, Forbes.com, 11 Aug. 2025
  • But don’t tell coach Cheryl Reeve that her squad can simply coast to the finish line.
    — Mike Cook, Twin Cities, 10 Sep. 2025
  • The two ended up driving a little further ahead and coasted off to the side of the road.
    — Kansas City Star, 7 Oct. 2025
  • The Shamrocks would tack on the rest of their runs by the fourth inning and would nearly coast to the win.
    — Jack Murray, Boston Herald, 7 June 2026
  • Utilize the comb to make sure the product coasts every hair and moisturizes your skin.
    — Joseph Cheatham, Men's Health, 30 June 2023
  • Very small gears are helpful for steep climbs, while big ones help maintain speed on long descents that aren’t steep enough to coast.
    — Joe Lindsey, Outside Online, 19 Dec. 2020

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