How to Use free diver in a Sentence

free diver

noun

• He’s not the first prominent free diver to take to the ice.
  — Adam Skolnick, New York Times, 24 Mar. 2021
• For the past four years, Alexey Molchanov has been the undisputed best all-around free diver in the world.
  — Adam Skolnick, New York Times, 24 Mar. 2021
• One of the divers was Manos Mitikas, the local Fourni free diver who called Koutsouflakis a year ago with the map of wrecks.
  — Nick Romeo, National Geographic, 11 July 2016
• The organisms that made the largest and most prized of these shells would have anchored themselves to the rocky seafloor in clear water, deep enough that only skilled free divers could reach them.
  — Kiona N. Smith, Ars Technica, 28 Dec. 2018
• Molchanov is the son of Natalia Molchanova, the world’s most famous free diver, who vanished while diving in Spain in 2015 and is presumed dead.
  — Patrick Reevell, ABC News, 28 Feb. 2020
• These snorkels are popular among free divers and people who spearfish thanks to their sleek, minimal drag design.
  — Chantae Reden, Popular Mechanics, 30 June 2023
• This video captures the moment a free diver encounters a baby whale.
  — People Staff, PEOPLE.com, 10 Jan. 2022
• The free diver is able to move through the water much more easily, and there are no bubbles or regulator noises to spook fish.
  — Popular Science, 16 Nov. 2020
• The caller was a free diver and spear-fisher from the remote Fourni archipelago, a small cluster of islands between Samos and Ikaria in the eastern Aegean.
  — Nick Romeo, National Geographic, 11 July 2016
• Few free divers do under-ice diving, with most usually travelling to locations like the Red Sea or the Maldives.
  — Patrick Reevell, ABC News, 28 Feb. 2020
• Dave Huebner, 35, a free diver in Santa Barbara who has worked on the Conception as a deckhand, said that some of the best times of his life were helping take scuba divers, kayakers and others out to sea.
  — Los Angeles Times, 5 Sep. 2019
• Finally, Alec Wilkinson chronicles the professional journey of Sara Campbell, one of the top female free divers in the world, and the race to be the first woman to reach a hundred metres in a constant-weight dive.
  — The New Yorker, 21 July 2019
• Into the sea with a big-wave surfer or free diver, for example, or getting inked by a tattoo artist: After all, the monochrome art form, which appeared in place of writing on the islands, still has deep social significance.
  — Rebecca Misner, Condé Nast Traveler, 15 Nov. 2019
• In comparison, average people might be able to stay underwater for one to two minutes, and world-class free divers can hold their breath in competitive settings for up to three or close to four and a half minutes.
  — Angus Chen, Scientific American, 19 Apr. 2018
• Photographer, climber, and free diver Andy Bardon has traveled to some of the most remote regions on earth to document human interactions with the natural world.
  — National Geographic, 12 June 2019
• Laguna Beach lifeguards responded at 7:15 a.m. to Totuava Beach, where a diver had floated to the surface and was being helped to shore by other scuba and free divers who were in the water, according to marine safety Capt.
  — Julia Sclafani, Daily Pilot, 2 Oct. 2019
• In addition to understanding how the Bajau became such good free divers, Llardo says the findings have medical implications.
  — National Geographic, 19 Apr. 2018
• Of the remaining incidents swimmers and waders accounted for 25%, with remaining incidents divided between snorkelers and free divers, body surfers and scuba divers.
  — Paul P. Murphy, CNN, 22 Jan. 2020
• In addition to surf photography, Lee, a skilled free diver, specializes in taking underwater photos.
  — Diane Bell Columnist, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Aug. 2021

Last Updated: 17 Aug 2024