Below you will find example sentences with "red sea". The examples show how this phrase is used in natural context and which words often surround it.

Red Sea in a sentence

Corpus data

  • Displayed example sentences: 20
  • Discovered as a combination around: sea
  • Corpus frequency in the collocation scan: 16
  • Phrase length: 2 words
  • Average sentence length: 30 words

Words in this phrase

red sea

Meanings of words in this phrase

  • red can mean: The colour of the setting sun, blood, and strawberries; the colour which is evoked by the longest visible wavelengths (between about 625–... Common word
  • sea can mean: A large body of salt water. Common word

Sentence profile

  • Phrase position: 4 start, 10 middle, 6 end
  • Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Usage patterns

These patterns show short text windows around the phrase in the example sentences:

and the red sea and they 1× and the red sea is possible 1× and the red sea stretching up 1× and the red sea the group 1× attacks on red sea vessels make 1× between the red sea and the 1× bordering the red sea cited above 1× connecting the red sea and the 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

a direct link 1× a few days 1× as far as 1× at 1780 m 1× earlier this year 1× houthi attacks on 1×

Common sentence endings:

advanced iranian weaponry 1× and china seas 1× and red sea 1× as previously estimated 1× connected sea lanes 1× gulf of oman 1×

Context words

These words often appear near this phrase in the example sentences:

gulf 7× mediterranean 6× arabian 5× houthi 4× strait 4× aden 3× yemen 3× operation 3× part 3× vessels 2× region 2× ships 2×

Related phrases

china sea red cross black sea boston red red meat red crescent red carpet red flag red wings sea ice

Phrases around this combination

Other phrases discovered around sea:

black sea 20× sea ice 15× sea level 14×

Just before it in the phrase index:

red raiders red meat red hat red flag red cross red crescent

Just after it in the phrase index:

red sox red springs red tape red wine red wing red wings

Other phrases with the same pattern

Same start:

red cross red meat red crescent red carpet red flag red wings

Same ending:

china sea black sea

Corpus analysis

  • The phrase "red sea" has 2 words and usually appears in the middle in these examples. The average sentence has 30 words and is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around this phrase, patterns and context words such as and the red sea and they, and the red sea is possible, gulf, mediterranean and arabian stand out.
  • In the phrase index, this combination connects with china sea, red cross, black sea, black sea, sea ice and sea level, linking the page to nearby combinations.

Example types with red sea

This selection groups the examples by length and sentence type, making usage of the full phrase easier to scan:

Short example sentences

We are also undertaking anti-drone operations in the North Arabian Sea and Red Sea. (15 words)

Houthi attacks on Red Sea vessels make the Red Sea more vulnerable than it ever was. (16 words)

The vessels would be covering the Red Sea, Arabian Sea, Gulf of Aden, and connected sea lanes. (17 words)

Longer example sentences

SDF personnel will stay away from the strait near Iran and will instead be dispatched to the Gulf of Oman, the northern part of the Arabian Sea, and the Bab el-Mandeb Strait connecting the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden, according to the draft plan. (47 words)

That means 95.1 percent of ships transited the Red Sea without being attacked in that month, underlining the manner in which the Houthis have a very large universe of potential targets to choose from, even when the Red Sea is less busy. (43 words)

A few days earlier, the United States’ McFaul and Kearsarge warships left the Persian Gulf while carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72) and its strike group quickly left the Mediterranean Sea and sailed swiftly through the Red Sea to the Gulf of Oman. (43 words)

Example sentences (20)

The vessels would be covering the Red Sea, Arabian Sea, Gulf of Aden, and connected sea lanes.

Houthi attacks on Red Sea vessels make the Red Sea more vulnerable than it ever was.

In the interim, Red Sea Global has put together a music album delivering a mix of Saudi, Arab, and African cultural pieces to further inspire visions of Red Sea landscapes for future guests of the region.

That means 95.1 percent of ships transited the Red Sea without being attacked in that month, underlining the manner in which the Houthis have a very large universe of potential targets to choose from, even when the Red Sea is less busy.

In addition to the standard geographical definition of the six countries bordering the Red Sea cited above, areas such as Somalia are sometimes also described as Red Sea territories.

The Red Sea is generally saltier and more nutrient-poor than the Atlantic, so the Red Sea species have advantages over Atlantic species in the salty and nutrient-poor Eastern Mediterranean.

Its region includes the Bab elMandeb Strait off Yemen and the Red Sea stretching up to the Suez Canal, the Egyptian waterway linking the Mideast to the Mediterranean Sea.

As far as an operation by sea is concerned, the frigate could be enlisted, which is currently south of Greece, and is on its way to the Red Sea, where it will take part in an operation.

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Earlier this year, the warship took over from HMS Richmond, which had repelled a Houthi attack in the Red Sea by shooting down two drones using Sea Ceptor missiles.

It’s under assault—perhaps coordinated assault—not just in the Caribbean basin but in the Black Sea, Eastern Mediterranean, Red Sea, and China seas.

Mr Shapps this week visited HMS Diamond in the Red Sea, where it recently used Sea Viper missiles to shoot down multiple Houthi attack drones as part of the US-led international taskforce Operation Prosperity Guardian.

We are also undertaking anti-drone operations in the North Arabian Sea and Red Sea.

Yemen's Houthi rebels conducted two separate strikes targeting United States ships in the Arabian Sea and the Red Sea, the group's spokesperson Yahya Saree (pictured) said in a statement on Tuesday.

Their route will take them across the Indian Ocean and the Red Sea and they will enter the Mediterranean Sea through the Suez Canal.

A few days earlier, the United States’ McFaul and Kearsarge warships left the Persian Gulf while carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72) and its strike group quickly left the Mediterranean Sea and sailed swiftly through the Red Sea to the Gulf of Oman.

SDF personnel will stay away from the strait near Iran and will instead be dispatched to the Gulf of Oman, the northern part of the Arabian Sea, and the Bab el-Mandeb Strait connecting the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden, according to the draft plan.

Mattis said Iran is using the strait between the Red Sea and the Arabian Sea, off the coast of southern Yemen, as a “proving ground” for such advanced Iranian weaponry.

Shemron added that Jordan is also trying to pressure Israel into building a pipeline to transfer water from the Red Sea to the Dead Sea.

A direct link between the Mediterranean Sea and the Red Sea is possible and not as expensive as previously estimated.

At 1780 m (5850 ft) above sea level, the mountains are situated behind the coastal plain where the Red Sea meets the Gulf of Aden, on the northern side of the Gulf of Tadjoura.

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