Sentence examples for close to land from inspiring English sources

The mammals, actually dolphins, should be in deeper water but are thought to have followed shoals of herring close to land.

Paredes and Fisher also said that the pristine, densely-wooded site was dangerously close to land being deforested for beef farms that sell to fast-food chains.

The latter originate from radar disturbances caused by the vessel and the waves and are visible in the bottom left corner of Figure 4. Unfortunately, this section of the image cannot just be removed since the vessel commonly travels very close to land making island features in the area sometimes crucial for navigation.

While not as aggressive or close to land, Hurricane Florence is joined by Category 2 Hurricane Helene and Category 1 Hurricane Isaac.

The night before the shipment went the saboteurs entered the ship and placed a bomb in the hull, timed so the ferry would blow at the deepest point of the lake, but at the same time close to land to help save the civilians on board.

"Too many fishing boats," he says, of sailing close to land.

Thirty-two years later, I am not even close to landing this potential husband.

She said that by waiting until the polls closed to land in Florida she was obeying party rules.

Cities that have been convention hosts, or have come close to landing one, disagree.

He signed with agents William Morris and came close to landing a series of very big roles.

The Magic snared Hill and McGrady and seemed close to landing Duncan, too.