How to Use amphibious in a Sentence

amphibious

adjective

• Jackson didn't know where on the 840-foot amphibious assault vessel the fire was sparked.
  — Fox News, 13 July 2020
• The Marines use the amphibious assault vehicles to transport troops and their equipment from Navy ships to land.
  — CBS News, 31 July 2020
• The craft was one of 13 amphibious assault vehicles that had just completed an exercise.
  — Staff and Wire Reports, oregonlive, 3 Aug. 2020
• The amphibious assault vehicle, known as an AAV, carries Marines from ship to ship.
  — CBS News, 3 Aug. 2020
• The ship has the capacity to deploy and land helicopters, smaller boats and amphibious vehicles.
  — Fox News, 13 July 2020
• The cause of the fire aboard Bonhomme Richard, an amphibious assault vessel, is unknown, according to the Navy.
  — Tom Vanden Brook, USA TODAY, 14 July 2020
• Hillberg's head and shoulders were out of his amphibious assault vehicle as the lance corporal served as gunner for the second vehicle in the convoy, just ahead of the one hit by the bomb.
  — Dan Sewell, The Enquirer, 2 Aug. 2020
• The 23-year-old ship has the capacity to deploy and land helicopters, certain types of short-takeoff airplanes, smaller boats and amphibious vehicles.
  — Julie Watson, Anchorage Daily News, 13 July 2020
• The tragedy marks the third time in less than a decade that Camp Pendleton Marines have been injured or died in amphibious assault vehicles during training exercises.
  — John Bacon, USA TODAY, 2 Aug. 2020
• The Bonhomme Richard was the sixth of the Wasp-class amphibious ships.
  — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 26 Feb. 2021
• The well deck is where the ship stores and stages amphibious landing craft.
  — Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 June 2021
• Much like frogs, who live a life of half-and-half, these fish are amphibious.
  — Sofia Quaglia, Discover Magazine, 9 May 2023
• The group said the man was a soldier on board the USS Wasp, an amphibious assault ship.
  — Reuters, USA TODAY, 2 Sep. 2024
• Ukraine said the vessels hit were two amphibious landing ships, the Yamal and the Azov.
  — Andrew Carey, Maria Kostenko and Josh Pennington, CNN, 24 Mar. 2024
• The sea was also rough and only two of 29 amphibious tanks even made it to shore.
  — Caitlin O'Kane, CBS News, 6 June 2023
• How many small amphibious ships and small supply ships does the Navy need?
  — David Axe, Forbes, 21 June 2021
• The amphibious assault ship burned for more than four days.
  — Arkansas Online, 31 July 2021
• The Russians have 21 ships in the Black Sea 12 of them are surface combatant ships and nine of them are amphibious ships.
  — Luis Martinez, ABC News, 23 Mar. 2022
• The amphibious assault ship USS Bataan was dispatched to ...
  — Noah Rothman, National Review, 17 Oct. 2023
• The small but heavy amphibious vehicle that reached speeds of 7 mph on water and 70 mph on land.
  — Anthony Robledo, USA TODAY, 18 Feb. 2024
• Its flight deck is more in common with the US Navy's amphibious assault ships.
  — Yoonjung Seo and Brad Lendon, CNN, 3 Sep. 2021
• The amphibious planes skim the surface of lakes or the ocean to fill tanks with more than1,600 gallons of capacity that can be dropped on the flames.
  — Chris Woodyard, USA TODAY, 11 Nov. 2020
• In the event of a Chinese amphibious assault, drones could help Taiwan, as well.
  — Mark A. Milley, Foreign Affairs, 5 Aug. 2024
• Wallace and Hansen both played on the amphibious force football team there that Bucklew coached.
  — cincinnati.com, 26 May 2022
• Rossi boops their snoots with a clicky ballpoint pen, and the fish—which are amphibious, and can survive on land for weeks at a time—backflip out of reach.
  — Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 15 June 2021
• The amphibious assault ships are among the few in the U.S. fleet that can act as a mini aircraft carrier.
  — Arkansas Online, 31 July 2021
• Still, the amphibious cruiser was at least able to deliver on the second part of that slogan.
  — Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 3 June 2022
• The 29-year old USS Rushmore is an amphibious dock landing ship.
  — Andrew Dyer, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Dec. 2020
• Sally Hawkins stars in a dialogue-free role as Elisa, a janitor at a top-secret research facility who falls for the amphibious humanoid (Doug Jones) trapped in one of the facility's labs.
  — Katie Rife, EW.com, 18 Oct. 2024
• While there are other opportunities to get on the water via the municipal ferry or amphibious boat tours, none offer the luxury of a private yacht.
  — Anna Haines, Forbes, 15 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 25 Dec 2024