How to Use intertidal in a Sentence

intertidal

adjective
  • Life in the intertidal zone can be nasty, brutish, and short.
    — Discover Magazine, 29 June 2010
  • The whale came to rest in the intertidal area, where crabs can feed on it at high tide and birds can do so during low tide.
    — Kenny Ocker, The Seattle Times, 26 May 2017
  • That’s when the receding water reveals the intertidal sand in which the clams live.
    — David Berger, The Seattle Times, 25 Aug. 2017
  • Mussels that formed blue mats along a certain level of the intertidal rock and gravel are missing.
    — Alaska Dispatch News, 10 July 2017
  • On a hot summer’s day, two female polar bears took to the shallow intertidal waters to cool off and play.
    — Cecilia Rodriguez, Forbes, 14 Oct. 2021
  • At the lowest of tides (a negative low tide is best), the ocean retreats and the intertidal zone is revealed.
    — Jill Robinson, Travel + Leisure, 31 Mar. 2021
  • One of the hardest hit was the sunflower star, known as the cheetah of the intertidal zone for its speed and hunting prowess.
    — Jennifer Adler, Vox, 7 July 2024
  • When submerged by the incoming tide, limpets set out on a slow journey across the intertidal boulders of their habitat.
    — Robert MacFarlane, The New York Review of Books, 1 July 2021
  • Check out the Friends of the Elephant Seals live cam to watch pups bask in the sun and learn to swim in the intertidal zones.
    — Christian Heeb, National Geographic, 27 Mar. 2020
  • The best areas to locate geoduck are below the intertidal beach area beyond the zero feet to minus-2 feet.
    — Mark Yuasa, The Seattle Times, 25 May 2017
  • Those treading into intertidal areas also need to take great care not to injure or destroy the plants and animals that live there.
    — oregonlive, 26 Apr. 2021
  • Along the Pacific coast, Dungeness crab live in the intertidal zone out to a depth of about 560 feet.
    — Isabella Breda, Anchorage Daily News, 7 Nov. 2022
  • Botanical Beach, one of the richest intertidal zones on the entire west coast of Canada, is a five-minute drive from town.
    — Jayme Moye, Outside Online, 4 Oct. 2024
  • This narrow strip of coast, called the intertidal zone, is a vital sanctuary that offers a rare and clear view of fascinating sea creatures.
    — Lillie Mulligan, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Dec. 2025
  • Most reliable tide pools are found on the rockier central and southern coastline, though intertidal life thrives along rocky headlands and sea stacks on the north coast as well.
    — oregonlive, 17 July 2021
  • But this tactic doesn’t work so well on land, and some moray eels are known for wriggling around out of the water during low tides in search of crabs and other intertidal delicacies.
    — Alex Fox, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 June 2021
  • This intertidal zone, where many animals thrive away from predators, is what inspired Roble to become an aquatic ecologist.
    — Elissaveta M. Brandon, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 Oct. 2020
  • Clamming is backbreaking work, the association said, as soft-shell clams burrow in intertidal areas and workers dig them up by hand with rakes and hoes.
    — Washington Post, 25 July 2021
  • Explore the sea life of the intertidal area, watch the sky change into a watercolor painting as the sun melts into the horizon, and walk along the dramatic cliffs and caves.
    — Karen Ruffini, Travel + Leisure, 5 Mar. 2023
  • The map also includes intertidal areas, which routinely flood during typical high tides.
    — William B. Davis, New York Times, 30 Sep. 2025
  • The map also includes intertidal areas, which routinely flood during typical high tides.
    — William B. Davis, New York Times, 8 June 2026
  • The intertidal zone is a sensitive yet rich environment for the Bay Area’s ecology.
    — Chase Hunter, Mercury News, 16 Mar. 2026
  • People would till the sediment, replenish shells in the water, and construct low intertidal rock terraces that flatten the shoreline and expand the farmable area.
    — Ashley Braun, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 July 2022
  • The latest target date for groundbreaking on construction of intertidal habitat in San Diego Bay is this fall.
    — Bettina Boxall, Los Angeles Times, 28 Apr. 2021
  • Spa practitioners custom blend wild rose, snow mushroom, yarrow, and scrubs made with intertidal sea salt and local botanicals for use in various treatments.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 10 Jan. 2026
  • This coastal project breached old defenses and realigned 7 km of embankment, creating ~183 ha of intertidal salt marsh.
    — Srishti Gupta, Interesting Engineering, 5 Aug. 2025
  • The whales are quite daring, traveling up to a mile into the intertidal zone in the Snohomish River delta offshore of Everett.
    — Anchorage Daily News, 22 Feb. 2021
  • Areas close to the intertidal zone, such as New Orleans, are forecast to be swamped by hours of rain as well as storm surges from the Gulf of Mexico.
    — John Muyskens, Washington Post, 13 July 2019
  • The researchers visited beaches, state parks, and marine reserves up and down the coast for nearly 3 years recording and collecting sea-life that washed up on shore and along the rocky intertidal zones.
    — Roni Dengler, Discover Magazine, 12 Mar. 2019
  • Two years later, the intertidal zone of the Pacific Northwest coast is still recovering from a devastating heat wave.
    — Kylie Mohr, The Atlantic, 24 Aug. 2023

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