How to Use seaborne in a Sentence

seaborne

adjective
  • About a third of the world’s seaborne oil moves through that narrow waterway.
    — Wael Mahdi, semafor.com, 1 Mar. 2026
  • The spell of seaborne luxury is cast, and the sailing is, well, smooth.
    — Veronique De Turenne, The Christian Science Monitor, 11 Aug. 2017
  • The three countries combined import about one-third of the world’s seaborne crude oil.
    — Fortune, 11 Aug. 2017
  • More than a tenth of seaborne global oil and a quarter of container ships pass through it.
    — Sam Mednick, Los Angeles Times, 4 Apr. 2026
  • More than a tenth of seaborne global oil and a quarter of container ships pass through it.
    — Arkansas Online, 5 Apr. 2026
  • Roughly a third of the world’s seaborne oil trade goes through the Strait of Hormuz.
    — Robin Wright, The New Yorker, 14 June 2019
  • Most humans are landlubbers, after all—though many of our foods and jobs are tied to seaborne economies.
    — National Geographic, 24 Apr. 2019
  • More than a third of the world’s seaborne crude-oil transits come through the Persian Gulf.
    — Dion Nissenbaum, WSJ, 30 May 2023
  • That is nearly four months of its overall seaborne crude imports, which cushion short term impacts from the war.
    — ABC News, 30 Mar. 2026
  • That is nearly four months of its overall seaborne crude imports, which cushion short term impacts from the war.
    — Anton L. Delgado, Los Angeles Times, 31 Mar. 2026
  • Europe should also work to boost Ukrainian exports by rail, even if that would not make up for seaborne routes.
    — Frida Ghitis, CNN, 3 June 2022
  • The pioneers are the seabirds, whose fishy guano provides a nutritive anchor for air and seaborne seeds.
    — Amy Brady, Scientific American, 17 Oct. 2023
  • To track the problem, researchers are now homing in on these seaborne flecks from more than 300 miles away—in space.
    — Lauren J. Young, Scientific American, 26 Apr. 2023
  • Roughly a third of the world’s seaborne oil is shipped via the strait, some of which falls within Iranian waters.
    — Robin Wright, The New Yorker, 19 July 2019
  • China imports more than 70% of seaborne iron ore to feed its steel industry, the world’s biggest.
    — Krystal Chia, Bloomberg.com, 27 Sep. 2020
  • Italy has rescued hundreds of thousands of seaborne migrants since 2013.
    — Giovanni Legorano, WSJ, 19 Mar. 2018
  • China is concerned about dependence on seaborne imports, which account for about 90% of its oil.
    — Harriet Marsden, TheWeek, 19 May 2026
  • On July 17, the Kerch bridge was hit again, this time by an unmanned seaborne vehicle.
    — Oleksandr Chubko, New York Times, 22 Oct. 2023
  • Roughly 13% of the seaborne crude Beijing imported last year came from Iran.
    — Ali Wyne, Time, 23 Mar. 2026
  • Nearly fifteen per cent of the world’s seaborne trade passes through the Red Sea and the Suez Canal.
    — Robin Wright, The New Yorker, 17 Jan. 2024
  • More than one-third of the global seaborne fertilizer travels through the Strait of Hormuz.
    — Jake Angelo, Fortune, 13 Mar. 2026
  • But since the bulk of its oil imports are seaborne, there’s the risk of China being cut off from its oil supplies in the event of a wartime naval blockade.
    — Mary Hui, Quartz, 23 Mar. 2022
  • The early years of the 20th century saw the concept of seaborne aeronautics evolve quickly.
    — Matthew Moss, Popular Mechanics, 22 May 2018
  • That's about a third of all seaborne crude, the unrefined petroleum that is processed into fuels such as gasoline and diesel.
    — ABC News, 4 Mar. 2026
  • It is estimated that some 70% of Russia’s seaborne crude exports use the shadow fleet.
    — The Week Uk, TheWeek, 18 Jan. 2026
  • The strait is a vital artery for the global oil trade, with about 31% of all seaborne crude flows passing through it in 2025.
    — Dan Mangan,garrett Downs,leslie Josephs,holly Ellyatt,chloe Taylor,sam Meredith,azhar Sukri,anniek Bao,kevin Breuninger,lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 3 Mar. 2026
  • Some 30% of the world’s seaborne oil trade moves through the strait, according to JPMorgan.
    — Spencer Kimball, CNBC, 12 June 2025
  • In 2023, more than 10% of the world’s seaborne oil trade passed through the Bab al-Mandeb Strait.
    — Cnn Staff, CNN Money, 29 May 2026
  • On Monday, the European Union slapped a ban on all seaborne imports of Russian oil.
    — Max Zahn, ABC News, 5 Dec. 2022
  • As much as two-thirds of worldwide seaborne trade in urea -- a nitrogen-rich fertilizer used for a variety of crops from corn to greens -- passes through the strait.
    — Kelly McCarthy, ABC News, 18 Apr. 2026

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