Below you will find example sentences with "rough seas". The examples show how this phrase is used in natural context and which words often surround it.
Rough Seas in a sentence
Corpus data
- Displayed example sentences: 20
- Discovered as a combination around: rough
- Corpus frequency in the collocation scan: 7
- Phrase length: 2 words
- Average sentence length: 23.7 words
Sentence profile
- Phrase position: 2 start, 14 middle, 4 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 0 questions, 1 exclamations
Corpus analysis
- The phrase "rough seas" has 2 words and usually appears in the middle in these examples. The average sentence has 23.7 words and is mostly made up of statements.
- Around this phrase, patterns and context words such as an hour rough seas featuring waves, conquer the rough seas in search, winds, last and island stand out.
- In the phrase index, this combination connects with sleeping rough, rough sleepers, moderate seas, sleeping rough, rough sleepers and rough patch, linking the page to nearby combinations.
Example types with rough seas
This selection groups the examples by length and sentence type, making usage of the full phrase easier to scan:
Flash floods, landslides, rough seas alert! (6 words)
Fog, rough seas and hazardous landings have prevented our return. (10 words)
Rough seas and big swell at Coogee Beach on the 14th. (11 words)
Earlier, the NCM had issued an alert of strong winds of speeds of up to 50 kilometres an hour, rough seas featuring waves of up to seven feet in height and rain in parts of the UAE on Saturday. (39 words)
NGO group Open Arms said on Sunday that it had finally begun the disembarkation of 195 people rescued at sea in the southern Italian port of Brindisi after more than two days of sailing in rough seas. (37 words)
On one deployment, the United States Navy expressed serious concerns the carrier might flounder in rough seas, while in her most recent deployment which ended in 2017, she experienced two embarrassing onboard plane crashes. (34 words)
Flash floods, landslides, rough seas alert! (6 words)
Example sentences (20)
The seaboards of areas under Signal No. 1 will also experience rough to very rough seas with waves that may reach 2.5 to 4.5 meters.
Flash floods, landslides, rough seas alert!
Fog, rough seas and hazardous landings have prevented our return.
It was a latest in a string of missions to aid boats that had found themselves in distress, as rough seas made crossing from Africa to Europe particularly perilous.
More than 40 migrants have died while 80 were rescued after their overloaded boat sank in rough seas in Italy’s Calabria region, media reported.
NGO group Open Arms said on Sunday that it had finally begun the disembarkation of 195 people rescued at sea in the southern Italian port of Brindisi after more than two days of sailing in rough seas.
On one deployment, the United States Navy expressed serious concerns the carrier might flounder in rough seas, while in her most recent deployment which ended in 2017, she experienced two embarrassing onboard plane crashes.
The fragile nature of Jersey’s food security was underlined last autumn, when a prolonged period of high winds and rough seas disrupted Condor’s conventional sailings – affecting retailers across the Island.
At around midday today, east to south eastly winds of 20 to 25 knots are expected with rough seas and moderate southerly swells.
A US-built temporary pier that had been used to deliver additional humanitarian aid into Gaza was damaged by rough seas and has temporarily suspended operations, three US officials told The Associated Press.
The island is an active volcano, with a sheer coastline exposed to rough seas; Zavodovski last erupted in 2016, covering up to half the island in a layer of ash.
They must be as ready as they can be for whatever might hit them and then able to cope with the rough seas, whether they’re of the literal or figurative variety.
A North Wales Twitter user shared footage of rough seas flooding roads and bringing water to his front door on Tremadoc Bay in Criccieth, Gwynedd.
Attempts last week to launch the fleet were delayed due to rough seas at the booster landing location.
Earlier, the NCM had issued an alert of strong winds of speeds of up to 50 kilometres an hour, rough seas featuring waves of up to seven feet in height and rain in parts of the UAE on Saturday.
I asked what the difficulties were and she simply said “rough seas”.
It is made to conquer the rough seas in search of new horizons.
Only 2 of the crew survived after rough seas and ice threatened to sink their fishing boat.
Rough seas and big swell at Coogee Beach on the 14th.
Moderate to strong winds blowing from Northeast will prevail over the eastern section of Visayas with moderate to rough seas.