Sentence examples for the strait from inspiring English sources
noun
A narrow channel of water connecting two larger bodies of water.
With half the world's oil shipments by sea passing from the Gulf through the Strait of Malacca to east Asia, the strait trails only the Strait of Hormuz at the mouth of the Persian Gulf as an oil shipping lane.
The prevailing currents flow counterclockwise from the Strait of Otranto, along the eastern coast and back to the strait along the western (Italian) coast.
Eighty percent of China's oil goes through the Strait of Malacca; the Kra Canal may reduce shipping costs and reliance on the strait, and also minimise the threat of the blockade of the strait.
The Mozambique Current passes through the strait.
huge cargo ships went toward the strait.
"Don't even think about closing the strait.
I guess he's the protagonist--the strait-laced marshal.
Remembering the Strait of Belle Isle or.
[5] Naval speak for the Strait of Gibraltar.
Overview of the Strait of Magellan.
Iran's ability to cut off the Strait of Hormuz.
