How to Use oceangoing in a Sentence

oceangoing

adjective
  • The rings would have strengthened the masts of a large oceangoing sailing ship.
    — Sam Knight, The New Yorker, 2024-11-04
  • That could push oceangoing ships to compete with trucks and trains for low sulfur diesel at the same time supplies are limited.
    — Stephanie Yang, WSJ, 2018-12-23
  • How can two oceangoing vessels collide in the seemingly limitless expanse of the sea?
    — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 2017-06-21
  • In three months, his containment unit had brought 400 workers, three oceangoing ships and numerous barges to clean up the spill.
    — Darryl Fears, Washington Post, 2019-07-01
  • More than half a dozen cruise lines that market to North Americans are rolling out new oceangoing ships in 2018.
    — Gene Sloan, USA TODAY, 2018-01-02
  • But the lake is also the site of a major freshwater port that draws oceangoing ships from the St. Lawrence Seaway.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 2019-06-03
  • Last year, 7,500 oceangoing ships and barges passed through the delta en route to river ports as far north as Minneapolis.
    — Jennifer Larino, NOLA.com, 2018-02-26
  • At one time, SpaceX acquired oceangoing oil rigs to convert them into mobile launch and landing pads for Starship.
    — Stephen Clark, Ars Technica, 2024-05-20
  • There are other ships in the pipeline, Levis says, with plans for four more ships—two oceangoing cruise liners and two expedition ships—to be built in a European shipyard in the coming years.
    — Scott Laird, Condé Nast Traveler, 2023-09-08
  • Oceania Cruises operates several oceangoing sailings that include ports of call in India.
    — Bailey Berg, AFAR Media, 2025-01-29
  • Many oceangoing ships have accessible cabins and elevators, wheelchair-width doorways, and even special equipment to aid in boarding a smaller boat for shore excursions.
    — Patricia Doherty, Travel + Leisure, 2023-03-07
  • Native to southeast Asia, the termite is thought to have arrived in South Florida on ships and oceangoing yachts, spreading from marinas into neighborhoods.
    — David Fleshler, Sun-Sentinel.com, 2018-04-14
  • But the ensuing height restrictions immediately stopped most large oceangoing vessels, about 40% of the fleet that used to pull into Mariupol, from transiting between the two seas.
    — Fred Weir, The Christian Science Monitor, 2019-08-13

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