SEAPORT in a Sentence

Learn SEAPORT from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.

Example sentences for SEAPORT, such as:

1. The Halifax seaport is an exciting new waterfront development.
2. We have the news at every seaport already, and a reward will be offered before evening.

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 Meanings and Examples of SEAPORT
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
seaport
 n.  sheltered port where ships can take on or discharge cargo
Classic Sentence:
1  In thoroughfares nigh the docks, any considerable seaport will frequently offer to view the queerest looking nondescripts from foreign parts.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 6. The Street.
2  Now when a country dandy like this takes it into his head to make a distinguished reputation, and joins the great whale-fishery, you should see the comical things he does upon reaching the seaport.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 6. The Street.
3  We have the news at every seaport already, and a reward will be offered before evening.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In XII. THE ADVENTURE OF THE ABBEY GRANGE
4  Its drawl was an echo of the quays of Dublin given back by a bleak decaying seaport, its energy an echo of the sacred eloquence of Dublin given back flatly by a Wicklow pulpit.
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man By James Joyce
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 5
Example Sentence:
1  The Halifax seaport is an exciting new waterfront development.