How to Use lagoon in a Sentence

lagoon

noun
  • The tide was pulling me away, along the river to the open lagoon.
    Washington Post, 9 Mar. 2022
  • The lot has a lawn, a patio, and a boat launch on the lagoon.
    The Week Staff, The Week, 24 July 2022
  • The path leading to the steamy lagoon demonstrates that.
    Danuta Hamlin, Fox News, 18 Nov. 2023
  • The spa is a low-rise ring set on stilts above a lagoon.
    Travel + Leisure, 12 Apr. 2022
  • Here are five places to visit on your next trip to the city on the lagoon.
    Catherine Sabino, Forbes, 20 Apr. 2023
  • At the scene, Sheriff’s deputies found the body of a 69-year-old woman at the edge of the lagoon.
    Sage Marshall, Field & Stream, 5 July 2023
  • The skid steer was submerged 15 feet from the edge of the manure lagoon.
    Maryam Jameel, ProPublica, 25 Oct. 2023
  • At the center of the site is the 1.89-acre Revel Surf wave lagoon.
    Kimi Robinson, The Arizona Republic, 12 Dec. 2022
  • There is nothing like sitting in the lagoon at the end of the day, to us.
    Lilah Ramzi, Vogue, 16 Aug. 2024
  • Sand from the lagoon was used to build up the nearby beach at Cardiff.
    Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Feb. 2022
  • Wind farms, off the lagoon, catching wind at dawn and dusk.
    Washington Post, 30 Jan. 2022
  • The tracks cross all the county’s coastal lagoons, from Del Mar to Camp Pendleton.
    Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 June 2024
  • The Maldives, with its lagoons and reefs, is a heaven on earth.
    Tanvi Chheda, Travel + Leisure, 11 July 2023
  • But over the past few years, the idyllic lagoon has come under threat.
    BostonGlobe.com, 18 Oct. 2021
  • The wedding took place in front of the Rosewood Mayakoba lagoon.
    Blake Bakkila, Peoplemag, 17 Mar. 2024
  • The lagoon in early spring teems with life and movement.
    Maddalena Fossati, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Apr. 2024
  • In the sweet images, True hung on to her mom's back as the pair took a dip in a lagoon, with a blue sky behind them.
    Shafiq Najib, Peoplemag, 17 Oct. 2022
  • But in 2020 Fairén got the idea to use the decades of lagoon data to learn about early lakes on Mars instead.
    Allison Gasparini, Scientific American, 25 Apr. 2023
  • About 100 yards up and down from the lagoon at Topanga Canyon Beach in Malibu.
    Summer Lin, Los Angeles Times, 22 May 2024
  • In the sweet images, True hangs on to her mom's back as the pair take a dip in a lagoon, with a blue sky behind them.
    Jen Juneau, PEOPLE.com, 20 July 2022
  • And the fourth parcel would be 3.2 acres for a sewer pump station along the west side of railroad tracks at the shore of the lagoon.
    Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Sep. 2022
  • Yes, there is too much motor traffic in the canals, but the lagoon is big enough to absorb it.
    Jacobina Martin, Washington Post, 21 Nov. 2022
  • Then, relax in the heated lagoon pool or play with the kids at Puffy's Sprayground.
    Robin Soslow, Chron, 16 Feb. 2023
  • There, a path winds among trees dripping with moss to a lagoon where sea birds perch on driftwood in the rolling fog.
    Los Angeles Times, 11 Sep. 2022
  • For newcomers to the lagoon, a brief primer: The Venice Biennale is a show of two halves.
    Jason Farago, New York Times, 21 Apr. 2022
  • Visitors can take small boats into the lagoon to view the whales up close.
    Sara Clemence, WSJ, 24 Mar. 2022
  • The cloned sapling was planted near the lagoon in April 2021, and will serve as the future plaza’s centerpiece.
    Courtney Astolfi, cleveland, 10 Jan. 2022
  • The golden cownose rays eased silently through the lagoon, like fall leaves drifting down a stream.
    Jacqui Gifford, Travel + Leisure, 16 Oct. 2023
  • The Beach Terrace above is conceived as a lush oasis with a lagoon, a sandy beachfront and palm groves.
    Adam Williams, New Atlas, 3 Oct. 2024
  • The path that led Romeo Okwara to his new home outside of Detroit is as long and sinuous as the many rivers, lagoons, and estuaries that feed into his native Lagos.
    Nick Mafi, Architectural Digest, 23 Sep. 2024

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