How to Use mooring in a Sentence

mooring

noun
  • The wind was strong enough to tear the boat from its moorings.
  • We found a temporary mooring in the harbor.
  • Four sensors are on the dock to help guide the ship to its moorings.
    — Dan Neil, WSJ, 28 June 2018
  • Dinghies and sailboats bobbed at their moorings just off the beach.
    — David G. Molyneaux, miamiherald, 8 Feb. 2018
  • Mooring lived in Alpine with her husband and their young son.
    — Lyndsay Winkley, sandiegouniontribune.com, 1 June 2017
  • The Frenchman emerged from the mooring field in his own dinghy.
    — Kate Erickson, New York Times, 28 Sep. 2017
  • The mooring chain weighs 9,259 pounds.
    — Mark Price, Miami Herald, 6 Oct. 2025
  • Twenty-four boats tied up in slips along the dock were moved to other moorings.
    — sandiegouniontribune.com, 24 May 2018
  • Some sailors clung to mooring lines, crawling across to find safety.
    — Frank Witsil, Detroit Free Press, 6 Dec. 2024
  • Their ship filled with water, snapped its mooring lines and sank, drowning three.
    — Chris McNamara, chicagotribune.com, 18 July 2017
  • The ships broke free from their moorings, and two were beached on the coast of Israel.
    — Tom Vanden Brook, USA TODAY, 28 May 2024
  • But the mooring field idea didn’t prove to be a viable solution.
    — Linda Robertson, miamiherald, 9 Mar. 2018
  • But the net came off its moorings at the same time with Ekholm crashing into it.
    — Teresa M. Walker, The Denver Post, 16 May 2017
  • This means sailors can purchase a mooring or dock space and sleep onboard their vessels.
    — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 3 Dec. 2021
  • Those buoys were ultimately ripped loose from their moorings by the storm.
    — Ben Raines, NOLA.com, 25 June 2017
  • The site will be marked with a deep-water mooring buoy so divers can safely visit the wreck.
    — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 6 Mar. 2023
  • Bounce houses have been known to be ripped from their moorings by wind, with tragic results.
    — Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 4 Aug. 2024
  • The fierce winds that evening tore the floating boat dock from its mooring and blew it a few hundred feet to the north.
    — Rich Heileman, cleveland, 17 Apr. 2020
  • Miami Beach is in talks with the state over plans for a mooring field for boats in the bay.
    — Greg Allen, NPR, 3 Sep. 2024
  • Nine barges broke loose from their moorings about a quarter-mile north of I-10.
    — Dug Begley, Houston Chronicle, 2 Oct. 2019
  • Amenities like lighthouses, moorings, slips and more were added over the years.
    — Steve Sadin, Chicago Tribune, 28 Aug. 2025
  • The hotel also boasts a private dock and moorings.
    — Carley Rojas Avila, Travel + Leisure, 29 Nov. 2025
  • Storm surges tore 20-ton sections of pier from their moorings and tossed them onto the shore.
    — Patrick J. McDonnell, Los Angeles Times, 13 Nov. 2023
  • At the bow of the ship is the anchor and gear room, which also holds a mooring post which slides out when the hatch is opened.
    — Popular Mechanics Editors, Popular Mechanics, 30 Oct. 2020
  • The game was also briefly delayed late in the second half after one of the nets ripped off its mooring.
    — Scooby Axson, USA TODAY, 17 Mar. 2023
  • In the gray dawn, rows of bicycles bobbed at their moorings, as though lifted by ghostly hands.
    — Literary Hub, 26 Feb. 2026
  • When guests are not swimming at the stern, the swim platform doubles as a mooring spot for tenders and toys.
    — Julia Zaltzman, Robb Report, 17 Mar. 2023
  • Those buoys, seen in the image above, were ultimately ripped loose from their moorings by the storm.
    — AL.com, 25 June 2017
  • The other two mooring lines still attached to the ship can be seen rapidly moving back and forth against the high winds.
    — Natalia Senanayake, People.com, 18 June 2025
  • Her mooring lines completely snapped.
    — Linda Dudik, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Dec. 2025

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