How to Use maritime in a Sentence

maritime

adjective
Definition of maritimenext
Synonyms for maritimenext
  • She's an expert in maritime law.
  • The country's maritime industry is an important part of its economy.
  • Cook said the Coast Guard reached her on a handheld maritime radio.
    — Ben Brasch, Washington Post, 21 Nov. 2023
  • Its maritime militia is a force of fishing vessels that works with the state.
    — Regine Cabato, Washington Post, 11 Dec. 2023
  • Some sailors trust the SS Bannockburn as a bad maritime omen, while others see the myth as nothing but a ghost of tragedy.
    — Kylie Martin, Detroit Free Press, 8 Aug. 2023
  • The upheaval of protests and the mounting chaos of the women’s stories rise in unison with the typhoon that threatens to engulf the maritime port city.
    — Jireh Deng, Los Angeles Times, 25 Jan. 2024
  • Ukraine used maritime drones to attack the Russian naval fleet in October.
    — Steven Erlanger, New York Times, 8 Aug. 2023
  • In order to live at Galilee, residents must work as artists or in the maritime industry.
    — Elena Kadvany, San Francisco Chronicle, 27 Mar. 2023
  • Twenty-six passengers died that day, making the wreck one of the worst maritime disasters in the region.
    — Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 Dec. 2023
  • Wikoff would be responsible for all naval and combined maritime forces in the region.
    — Allison Pecorin, ABC News, 10 Oct. 2023
  • The city dates back centuries and has strong ties to Portugal's maritime discoveries in the 15th and 16th centuries.
    — Dobrina Zhekova, Travel + Leisure, 9 Feb. 2024
  • Here, five miles of unspoiled beaches unfurl along the Atlantic and sandy trails wind through dense maritime forest.
    — Betsy Cribb Watson, Southern Living, 6 Mar. 2024
  • On a clammy Saturday this month, eight of them appeared in the early morning haze, ghosts of the maritime past — but real.
    — William Booth, Washington Post, 24 July 2023
  • His son, a maritime lawyer, and his daughter, a doctor, have their own careers and no interest in running the restaurant.
    — Connie Ogle, Miami Herald, 27 Mar. 2024
  • The shipment was part of a fledgling effort to ferry more aid into the territory via a maritime route.
    — Anushka Patil, New York Times, 15 Mar. 2024
  • The Houthis have vowed to continue their maritime assaults until Israel’s siege of Gaza is lifted.
    — Missy Ryan, Washington Post, 28 Jan. 2024
  • The massive death toll of the Titanic was in part due to extremely poor planning and a lack of maritime regulations.
    — Christine Rousselle, Fox News, 1 Sep. 2023
  • Finland shares a border of more than 800 miles with Russia; Sweden and Russia share a maritime border.
    — John Bacon, USA TODAY, 11 July 2023
  • These could include maritime operations (including on the sea’s surface, under the sea, and on the seabed), as well as war in space and cyberspace.
    — Andrew F. Krepinevich, Foreign Affairs, 12 Dec. 2023
  • The threat of mine and submarine attack would raise maritime insurance rates so high as to discourage trade.
    — Michael Peck, Popular Mechanics, 28 Mar. 2023
  • Reporters contacted maritime attorneys to dig deeper for more context on the lack of safety on the ships.
    — Garfield Hylton, Orlando Sentinel, 30 Mar. 2023
  • Along the way, hikers can stop to investigate tide pools, sit on the rocks and enjoy the view and take in native Mediterranean coastal sage scrub and maritime chaparral plants.
    — Maura Fox, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Apr. 2024
  • And the United States, and a coalition of our maritime partners, have established a presence in that region to try to safeguard their ability to do just that.
    — ABC News, 21 Jan. 2024
  • Queries to the Chinese courts, maritime authority and mission to the United Nations went unanswered.
    — Dera Menra Sijabat, Washington Post, 31 Mar. 2023
  • But one boat will stand out among from the rest: the skipjack, a nimble oyster-dredging sailboat that represents the state’s long maritime tradition.
    — William Neff, Washington Post, 28 Sep. 2023
  • On the lower level, full-height glass sliders open a lounge/art studio to a deck just above the water, and, upstairs, a large porthole over the kitchen sink winks at classic maritime design.
    — Mark David, Robb Report, 20 Sep. 2023
  • Sites that track maritime traffic often show dozens of vessels clustered just off Sulina.
    — Matthew Mpoke Bigg, BostonGlobe.com, 14 Aug. 2023
  • Ukraine’s attacks on Russia’s maritime forces have kept sea lanes in the region clear enough for grain shipments, which are vital to Ukraine’s economy, to resume.
    — Eric Schmidt, Foreign Affairs, 22 Jan. 2024
  • Their ingenuity built the Republic of Venice into a rich and strong maritime power.
    — Emma Bubola Laetitia Vancon, New York Times, 1 Apr. 2023
  • The damage was attributed to Ukrainian maritime drones that broke through the defenses installed to prevent such an attack.
    — Peter Weber, The Week, 17 July 2023

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