How to Use marine in a Sentence

marine

1 of 2 adjective
  • The marine heat wave was just the final death blow.
    — Alex Harris, Miami Herald, 24 Oct. 2025
  • The aqua-marine soles of his black Yonex shoes add punch.
    — Merlisa Lawrence Corbett, Forbes.com, 23 Jan. 2026
  • What is a marine heat wave and does climate change impact it?
    — Simmone Shah, Time, 8 Oct. 2025
  • Mangroves are the midwives of vast swaths of marine life.
    — John Bowe, Travel + Leisure, 1 Feb. 2026
  • Most of the unnamed species are crustaceans and marine worms.
    — Byscience News Staff, science.org, 1 June 2023
  • Warmer oceans threaten marine life and could lead to greater sea level rise.
    — Jackie Flynn Mogensen, Scientific American, 1 July 2026
  • Critics said the move could harm marine life and also doom a rare whale species.
    — Megan Janetsky, Los Angeles Times, 1 Apr. 2026
  • That increases the chances of coastal marine heat waves.
    — Dillon Amaya, The Conversation, 12 June 2026
  • This is about the same as a kitchen stand mixer or the marine engine of an oil tanker.
    — Sally Jenkins, The Atlantic, 1 Feb. 2026
  • The wreck of a colossal oil barge is home to some of the bay's most stunning marine life.
    — Carley Rojas Avila, Travel + Leisure, 4 Jan. 2026
  • How long will the marine heat wave continue?
    — Brandi D. Addison, USA Today, 12 May 2026
  • But so much marine life has found a way to thrive there that the patch is a floating ecosystem.
    — Ashley Strickland, CNN, 6 May 2023
  • So the Bahamas was always on my radar for its marine life.
    — AFAR Media, 11 May 2026
  • Fin whales, like other large marine life drawn to the area, feast on krill and schooling fish.
    — Laylan Connelly, Oc Register, 14 May 2026
  • The bow lounge on deck six is another great spot to survey marine life.
    — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 7 Aug. 2023
  • Have a question on what happened to fish during the last marine heat wave?
    — Rosanna Xia, Los Angeles Times, 11 June 2026
  • Stay aware of marine conditions and never turn your back on the ocean.
    — Jose Fabian, CBS News, 2 May 2026
  • Coastal areas might stay a bit cooler due to the marine layer.
    — Sacbee.com, 23 Apr. 2026
  • Kids will love the wooden pirate ship playground and touch tank full of marine life.
    — Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 27 Aug. 2025
  • The same, in fact, can be said for marine transport and trade in general.
    — Scott Montgomery, Forbes.com, 26 May 2026
  • The more intact parts of the ships supported more marine life.
    — Laura Trethewey, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 Sep. 2023
  • Dozens of colleges have sprung up to focus on marine sciences.
    — Lily Kuo, Washington Post, 19 Oct. 2023
  • The goal with marine cloud brightening, of course, is to have more of the former.
    — Justine Calma, The Verge, 21 Mar. 2024
  • The fleet has become a rich habitat for marine life, as well as seabirds such as ospreys.
    — Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 26 Sep. 2025
  • Plastic bags clog streams and injure and kill marine mammals and wildlife.
    — Susanne Rust follow, Los Angeles Times, 17 Jan. 2026
  • This isn’t the first time orcas and other marine species have struggled due to drift ice.
    — Jack Knudson, Discover Magazine, 1 Mar. 2024
  • These munitions were thought to be too toxic for marine life.
    — Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 26 Sep. 2025
  • The more lines used, the more secure the boat is, marine officials say.
    — Orlando Sentinel Staff, The Orlando Sentinel, 24 May 2026
  • Book a snorkeling tour to swim with the island's marine life.
    — Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 23 May 2026
  • The state has achieved about 26% of its land goal and 22% of its marine goal so far.
    — Los Angeles Times, 22 Apr. 2026

marine

2 of 2 noun
  • He is a former U.S. Marine.
  • Erin was three months pregnant at the time and the wife of a marine.
    — Dateline Nbc, NBC News, 15 July 2022
  • Most of the marines in the first wave had little idea what to expect.
    — Louis Menand, New Yorker, 13 Apr. 2026
  • Agnes is clearly stronger than the US marines.
    — Sarah John, Vulture, 24 Sep. 2025
  • The trucks halted and dropped their ramps—and marines piled out and stormed the trenches.
    — David Axe, Forbes, 16 July 2023
  • So when one man had walked towards the line, the marine on guard had pushed him back.
    — Literary Hub, 11 June 2026
  • The ichthyosaur is a large marine reptile with paddle-like limbs and sharp teeth.
    — Margaret Osborne, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 Jan. 2022
  • Glenn, then a forty-year-old marine, circled the Earth three times.
    — Anna Russel, The New Yorker, 3 Aug. 2021
  • People still fish, hunt marine mammals, collect eggs, and pick berries.
    — WIRED, 15 July 2023
  • Still, the marines achieved their objective in Urozhaine and were one small step closer to the sea.
    — Marc Santora Tyler Hicks, New York Times, 2 Sep. 2023
  • After the marines, Brian got in a car accident that broke his neck.
    — Kathleen Walsh, Vulture, 13 Mar. 2026
  • One of her brothers, a marine, developed a massive cyst on his jaw.
    — Alexandra Schwartz, New Yorker, 25 Aug. 2025
  • The last people to leave were eleven marines who had been assigned to protect the Embassy.
    — Louis Menand, New Yorker, 13 Apr. 2026
  • Aide and ammunition from the West were at stake, as were the lives of marines and soldiers.
    — Serhii Korolchuk, Washington Post, 4 Jan. 2024
  • But the marines were the first American combat troops to arrive.
    — Louis Menand, New Yorker, 13 Apr. 2026
  • While the women prepared to flee, Hadley texted a family friend who was a marine.
    — Heidi Blake, New Yorker, 8 June 2026
  • The United States had neglected to tell it that the marines were coming.
    — Louis Menand, New Yorker, 13 Apr. 2026
  • The marine said the Hidais should head to the North Gate as soon as possible.
    — Michael Venutolo-Mantovani, WIRED, 30 Aug. 2022
  • Dutch marines ended the standoff by storming the train, killing six hijackers and two of their more than 50 hostages.
    — Claire Moses, New York Times, 14 Feb. 2024
  • For those who own their boats and are planning their own trips, always get the latest marine forecast before heading out.
    — Tom Stienstra, San Francisco Chronicle, 24 June 2021
  • Play as a hulking space marine and take down the Tyranid threat with brutal third-person shooting and melee fighting.
    — PCMAG, 19 Jan. 2023
  • The extinction of well over 50% of marine and land species of plants and animals all in a very short time window.
    — Ethan Siegel, Forbes, 18 May 2021
  • Lake Erie marine forecast Expect calm conditions on the lake with waves of less than one foot and light winds.
    — Mike Rose, cleveland, 7 Oct. 2021
  • Take a kayak tour through the marshes and creeks around Charleston to get close to the area's incredible marine and wildlife.
    — Elizabeth Rhodes, Travel + Leisure, 30 Apr. 2023
  • The ship's ram that became a dream home for so many marine creatures was recovered in 2017.
    — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 17 Jan. 2022
  • Another twenty-five hundred marines are expected to be deployed next month.
    — Sudarsan Raghavan, New Yorker, 25 Mar. 2026
  • Great beach and boating weather is expected with a low rip current risk and no marine alerts for boaters on Monday.
    — Shane Hinton, CBS News, 17 Nov. 2025
  • Life sciences, marine and pharma are other leading targets.
    — David Lyons, Sun Sentinel, 9 Feb. 2026
  • Look at this ridiculous war, the marine is telling you, and look at me, with my American flag on my shoulder, trying to make sense of it.
    — Phil Klay, The New Yorker, 25 Aug. 2021
  • Comparatively speaking, sending a few marines to Da Nang was just a spark.
    — Louis Menand, New Yorker, 13 Apr. 2026

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