How to Use littoral in a Sentence

littoral

adjective
  • In essence these are littoral mansions.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Apr. 2026
  • This zigzag pattern of sand movement is called littoral drift.
    — Teresa L. Carey, The Mercury News, 24 Jan. 2017
  • Paul is the 21st littoral (nearshore) combat ship in the Navy's fleet.
    — Brooks Johnson, Star Tribune, 1 Feb. 2021
  • The Navy’s speedy littoral combat ships had propulsion failures.
    — Fox News, 24 May 2021
  • However, the littoral combat ships that are targeted are young.
    — David Sharp, ajc, 7 Apr. 2022
  • That could bode ill for many, not least Taiwan and the littoral states of the South China Sea.
    — Nathaniel Taplin, WSJ, 28 Mar. 2021
  • Some of it migrates toward other beaches in part of a complex phenomenon known as littoral drift.
    — Jill Cowan, BostonGlobe.com, 2 Sep. 2023
  • The Navy’s littoral combat ship and Zumwalt-class destroyers were meant to provide support to land forces.
    — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 22 Aug. 2022
  • Jewelry boutiques sold nothing but jet, a black volcanic gemstone, once quarried and beachcombed from the littoral.
    — Henry Wismayer, Washington Post, 8 Sep. 2021
  • The yard will soon add the destroyer Russell and the littoral combat ship Manchester.
    — Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 June 2021
  • The test was part of an effort to prove the ability of littoral combat ships to defend themselves and to attack enemy targets.
    — Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Oct. 2023
  • As one of the littoral states on the Black Sea, Russia can claim the movement of ships through the area is to return to their home naval base.
    — NBC News, 19 Mar. 2022
  • The Navy had five small ships — two destroyers and three littoral combat ships — in the waters off Iran as of Tuesday.
    — Konstantin Toropin, Los Angeles Times, 14 Jan. 2026
  • But to make the ships work, crews selected for the littoral combat fleet needed to perform multiple jobs, putting a premium on training.
    — Carl Prine, sandiegouniontribune.com, 1 Sep. 2017
  • Trump's budget calls for the building of one littoral combat ship - a vessel constructed in Mobile shipyard.
    — Howard Koplowitz, AL.com, 25 May 2017
  • The frigates are meant to augment—and likely at some point replace—a force of 32 littoral combat ships (LCS).
    — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 20 Jan. 2022
  • The emerging ability of sea drones to detect and disable sea mines and spot submarines was supposed to be a core feature of Navy littoral combat ships.
    — Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Apr. 2026
  • After a brief tour of the littoral combat ship Gabrielle Giffords alongside its skipper, Cmdr.
    — Carl Prine, sandiegouniontribune.com, 29 Aug. 2017
  • Minesweeping duties were turned over to three littoral combat ships equipped with the mine-countermeasures package, but the location of those ships has not been disclosed.
    — Brad Lendon, CNN Money, 13 Apr. 2026
  • The fate of the Freedom-class littoral-combat ship, plagued by cost overruns and limited utility, now rests with Congress.
    — Luther Ray Abel, National Review, 31 Aug. 2022
  • Jordy Harrison, flotilla commander of the littoral combat ships in San Diego.
    — Elizabeth Marie Himchak and Steve Dreyer, Pomerado News, 25 May 2017
  • Critics of the littoral combat ship (LCS) program had some other descriptions.
    — Brad Lendon, CNN Money, 28 May 2026
  • The Freedom class of littoral combat ships were built by Lockheed Martin in Wisconsin.
    — Cassidy Jensen, Baltimore Sun, 11 Sep. 2022
  • The littoral combat ship fleet consists of two classes, the Independence and Freedom classes.
    — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 13 May 2022
  • Fringing the Atlantic Ocean, this wild littoral moves inland from interlocking inlets and islands to a maze of lakes, peat bogs, and stark mountains.
    — Colin Thubron, The New York Review of Books, 17 Nov. 2020
  • The littoral combat ship class is just one of several troubled warship classes that originated in the late 2000s.
    — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 13 May 2022
  • The littoral Marines may serve as spotters who pass along the position of enemy forces to American warplanes, ships or submarines to attack.
    — John Ismay, New York Times, 5 Mar. 2023
  • Hamblet said the littoral combat ships with mine-countermeasure packages would need to be deployed to the region to begin mine-sweeping and clearing the waterways.
    — Luis Martinez, ABC News, 12 Mar. 2026
  • The Navy currently fields 17 Virginia-class fast attack submarines, which are built to operate in the world's littoral and deep waters.
    — Zachary Cohen, CNN, 26 Oct. 2017
  • The Navy said four littoral combat ships (LCS) with the mine-countermeasure mission module would take over those duties.
    — Brad Lendon, CNN Money, 16 Mar. 2026

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