Sentence examples for strait in from inspiring English sources

Lord Byron famously swam the Hellespont strait in Turkey, seven scary kilometres between Europe and Asia.

In response, the US sailed an aircraft carrier through the strait in a show of solidarity.

"We flew to the Bering Strait in Bill's G-3," Mr. Bockstoce recalled.

La Perouse Strait, in the northwestern Pacific, is named for him.

Captain James Cook discovered its true nature as a strait in 1770.

Windward Passage, strait in the West Indies, connecting the Atlantic Ocean with the Caribbean Sea.

Horsens is the birthplace of Vitus Bering (who discovered the Bering Strait in 1728).

A rail line over the Rimutakas linked the region to Wellington on Cook Strait in 1880.

Born Eddie Koiki Sambo, Mabo was born on the island of Mer in the Torres Strait in 1936.

By the time she was 19, she had swum the Strait of Magellan and conquered Cook Strait in New Zealand.

American officials calculate that the Tengiz oil will double tanker traffic on the strait in coming years.