How to Use maritime in a Sentence

maritime

adjective
  • She's an expert in maritime law.
  • The country's maritime industry is an important part of its economy.
  • More for two empty pieces of maritime hardware.
    — Carl Nolte, San Francisco Chronicle, 21 Mar. 2026
  • And then there were the unmanned maritime systems.
    — Amir Husain, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Its maritime militia is a force of fishing vessels that works with the state.
    — Regine Cabato, Washington Post, 11 Dec. 2023
  • The Kims took their boat near the maritime border but always came back.
    — Mike Valerio, CNN Money, 19 Apr. 2026
  • Dennis cites his training in maritime warfare as the norm among his peers.
    — Alex Hollings, Popular Mechanics, 20 Sep. 2021
  • Turkey had signed a maritime boundaries deal with Libya late last year.
    — Selcan Hacaoglu, Bloomberg.com, 22 Sep. 2020
  • Barrel staves were taken along on this maritime journey to soak up the sea air and brine.
    — Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 15 Dec. 2022
  • The basis of which is rooted in a centuries-old maritime law.
    — Dennis Valera, CBS News, 2 Apr. 2026
  • That night, she’s smuggled to some maritime border, where June waits to take her home.
    — Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 27 May 2026
  • The region’s maritime states will remain open to many partners.
    — Susannah Patton, Foreign Affairs, 25 Sep. 2025
  • The campus used to be a maritime commerce hub and a naval defense station.
    — Krissy Waite, The Mercury News, 22 Feb. 2025
  • Cook said the Coast Guard reached her on a handheld maritime radio.
    — Ben Brasch, Washington Post, 21 Nov. 2023
  • Tehran has attacked three commercial ships and seized two of them in the maritime standoff.
    — Garrett Haake, NBC news, 29 Apr. 2026
  • The attack involved nine aerial drones and seven maritime drones, the post said.
    — Peter Aitken, Fox News, 29 Oct. 2022
  • The idea is to trace how artists traveled, interacted, and changed along maritime trade routes.
    — John Wogan, Travel + Leisure, 22 Apr. 2026
  • So far, the force has been used mainly in maritime operations.
    — Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 4 Nov. 2025
  • So far, the force has been used mainly in maritime operations.
    — Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 31 Oct. 2025
  • The launch marks the beginning of what is likely to become a new phase in the use of drones as maritime weapons.
    — Zita Ballinger Fletcher, Forbes.com, 28 Jan. 2026
  • People could get maritime insurance there or buy things at auction.
    — James Doubek, NPR, 3 July 2026
  • The grounding of the ship had halted billions of dollars a day in maritime commerce.
    — Samy Magdy and Jon Gambrell, The Christian Science Monitor, 31 Mar. 2021
  • The grounding of the ship had halted billions of dollars a day in maritime commerce.
    — Samy Magdy and Jon Gambrell, Star Tribune, 30 Mar. 2021
  • Most of the freight trains on the route are headed to or from the maritime Port of San Diego.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Feb. 2023
  • Consequently, there has been a lot of maritime commerce on the lakes for hundreds of years.
    — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 19 June 2024
  • Tren de Aragua is not known to have ever engaged in maritime drug trafficking.
    — David Smilde, Time, 3 Nov. 2025
  • Wikoff would be responsible for all naval and combined maritime forces in the region.
    — Allison Pecorin, ABC News, 10 Oct. 2023
  • By that maritime measure, China is pulling ahead of the US.
    — Andy Browne, semafor.com, 6 Nov. 2025
  • Like so many jaunty and irreverent slang words, this one has a maritime background.
    — Aj Willingham, AJC.com, 12 May 2026
  • And this challenge is not unique to maritime autonomy.
    — Mira Tzur, Forbes.com, 15 May 2026

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