How to Use oceanic in a Sentence

oceanic

adjective
  • Cameron said that the next Avatar film will be much more oceanic than the last.
    — Bethy Squires, Vulture, 22 Apr. 2021
  • Soon, the landscape turned more oceanic, with cliffs hemmed by pine and leafy forests.
    — Sylvie Bigar, miamiherald, 4 Nov. 2017
  • Sea turtles and mammals are near the top of the oceanic food chain.
    — Dustin Gardiner, SFChronicle.com, 19 Nov. 2020
  • The shelf ends at a steep slope that transitions sharply to deep oceanic seafloor.
    — Rob L. Evans, Scientific American, 15 June 2023
  • By then, dry air and strong wind shear prevailed over the oceanic regions where storms form.
    — David Fleshler, sun-sentinel.com, 12 Nov. 2021
  • At stake is the health of our oceanic ecosystems, where cetaceans play a role as top predators.
    — Joshua Rapp Learn, Discover Magazine, 20 Dec. 2022
  • This galaxy of organisms makes up the base of the oceanic food web.
    — WIRED, 2 Aug. 2023
  • The oceanic abyss is home to some of the gnarliest creatures on Earth.
    — Daisy Hernandez, Popular Mechanics, 27 July 2020
  • China, on the other hand, does have a long oceanic and ice-free coastline.
    — Robert Bateman, Esquire, 20 July 2017
  • In recent years his work took on oceanic themes, sometimes with a dystopian twist.
    — Jamie Brisick, New York Times, 12 Dec. 2022
  • Fittingly enough, some seaweed snacks, to help keep you in an oceanic state of mind.
    — Piers Marchant, Arkansas Online, 21 May 2021
  • My favorites are the oceanic greens and blues, one of which reminds me of a Rothko.
    — Paige Williams, New Yorker, 29 Aug. 2025
  • Magma rushed up to fill in the gap, just like when plates separate at a mid-oceanic ridge.
    — Ken Jennings, CNT, 2 Oct. 2017
  • Oceanic motifs were all over the runways this season, from shells and fish to corals and waves.
    — Frances Solá-Santiago, InStyle, 24 May 2026
  • In the oceanic depths of the Great Lakes, life and death swirl like coffee and cream.
    — Robert Moor, New York Times, 23 May 2017
  • And there’s the idea of the sea as this oceanic thing that’s much larger than us and the characters.
    — Karim Kattan, The Dial, 19 Aug. 2025
  • His hair is blond, shoulder length, pin straight, and parted in the middle, and his eyes are an oceanic blue.
    — Amanda Petrusich, The New Yorker, 26 Aug. 2019
  • In this case, shrimp bring a welcome dose of oceanic refreshment to the sweet party.
    — Paul Stephen, ExpressNews.com, 31 July 2019
  • Pilot whales are a species of oceanic dolphins that grow up to 23 feet and can weigh up to three tonnes.
    — Julia Musto, Fox News, 23 Sep. 2020
  • The area where the sharks flock to was referred to as the oceanic version of the Sahara desert.
    — Edmund Demarche, Fox News, 18 Sep. 2018
  • His second venture into an oceanic film?
    — Jonathan Vigliotti, CBS News, 30 Nov. 2025
  • Many if not most of the sellers are less constrained by the volume of offshore goods in long oceanic queues off both coasts.
    — Sanford Stein, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2021
  • Proximity to the shore is said to give a bright, oceanic quality to the crops.
    — Leslie Pariseau, Saveur, 18 Sep. 2017
  • They’re forced to leave the forest and hide out in an oceanic village to escape the humans hunting them down.
    — Daron James, Los Angeles Times, 2 Jan. 2023
  • And second, the sinking portion of the oceanic plate must be pulling downward pretty hard.
    — Scott K. Johnson, Ars Technica, 4 Oct. 2018
  • Shop more of our favorites below and scroll to the bottom to see a few pieces that will bring this oceanic trend into your home decor.
    — Clint Davis, People.com, 8 June 2025
  • Visually, the game is pure artwork, with a pastel gloss coating each oceanic biome.
    — Keith Langston, Space.com, 31 May 2026
  • It was caused by stress from the weight of the Hawaiian island chain bending the oceanic plate below.
    — Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 23 May 2026
  • The tires drifted over a 36 acre area, crushing coral and creating an oceanic dead zone.
    — Dan Sweeney, Sun-Sentinel.com, 22 Jan. 2018
  • Even with over 536 species of these oceanic apex predators, there is one shark that beats all others in terms of its size.
    — Olivia Munson, USA TODAY, 28 Oct. 2022

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