How to Use landlocked in a Sentence

landlocked

adjective

• Burkina Faso is a landlocked country, closer to the desert than the ocean.
  — Chris Abani, The New Republic, 19 Apr. 2018
• Still, adopting that concept is an audacious mission to take on when your restaurant is in the landlocked midwest.
  — Mike Sula, Chicago Reader, 5 Apr. 2018
• Malawi, a landlocked southeast African nation of about 20 million people, is one of the world's poorest nations.
  — John Bacon, USA TODAY, 11 June 2024
• Canada could lose billions of dollars a year if new routes to overseas markets aren't developed to shrink a discount on crude from landlocked Alberta.
  — Houston Chronicle, 16 Apr. 2018
• Smallmouth bass, perch, bull trout and landlocked Chinook are also possibilities at Arrowrock.
  — Jordan Rodriguez, idahostatesman, 6 Apr. 2018
• Resentment at India’s shadow has darkened since a blockade of the landlocked country’s border in 2015.
  — The Economist, 28 Mar. 2018
• Dozens of landlocked water districts are turning to briny groundwater basins or brackish rivers and bays, where the process of removing salt from water is generally a lot easier and cheaper.
  — Kurtis Alexander, San Francisco Chronicle, 16 Mar. 2018
• And even if pirates had wanted to come to this landlocked country, the ships could never pass under the ancient stone bridge that leads across the river to the Ottoman bazaar, which mostly survived the earthquake.
  — Marc Santora, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2018
• The company also runs 25 dry ports including in landlocked nations such as Burkina Faso and Chad.
  — Fortune, 25 Apr. 2018
• Once spanning from the coast to the Cascades, the 5th is now landlocked.
  — oregonlive, 30 Apr. 2022
• The dream is to see the Oregon coast, 513 miles from their landlocked town.
  — Katie Walsh, Los Angeles Times, 18 May 2024
• The landlocked country is one of the poorest nations in the world.
  — Ciara Nugent, Time, 11 July 2019
• At 1:57, Akanksha rang the bell at the office of a landlocked African nation.
  — Adam Iscoe, The New Yorker, 7 June 2021
• Part of the problem is that the landlocked country is home to eight of the world’s 14 tallest mountains.
  — Ben Brasch, Washington Post, 19 Jan. 2023
• So how did the mermaid become the icon of a landlocked city 160 miles from the closest beach?
  — Erin Donaghue, Smithsonian Magazine, 6 Apr. 2023
• The suicide rate varies quite a bit and seems highest in landlocked states.
  — George Mathis, ajc, 3 May 2018
• Drivers in landlocked and car-dependent Atlanta may be the first to feel the pinch at the pump.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 10 May 2021
• Beachly Know someone who’s landlocked, but dreams all day of the beach life?
  — Chris Morris, Fortune, 1 Dec. 2021
• Out back, the landlocked estate boasts some of its best attributes.
  — James McClain, Robb Report, 28 Sep. 2023
• Dreaming of a day at the beach while living in landlocked Colorado?
  — Sarah Kuta, The Know, 1 Aug. 2019
• One of the fastest-growing flags in the world is Mongolia, a landlocked country.
  — Drew Hinshaw, WSJ, 10 Dec. 2021
• In the early part of the 20th century, the landlocked nation in the Horn of Africa was 35 percent forested.
  — Jason Daley, Smithsonian, 30 July 2019
• Without it, the country shrivels to a landlocked rump state.
  — New York Times, 19 Aug. 2022
• The 2024 tour is also hitting the landlocked states of Vermont, Michigan and Iowa.
  — The Arizona Republic, 7 Feb. 2024
• Yes, outstanding seafood can be had in a landlocked state.
  — Elazar Sontag, Bon Appétit, 13 Sep. 2023
• The landlocked country shares a border with both Russia and Ukraine.
  — Quartz, 17 Feb. 2023
• The seals washed up on the coast of Russia’s republic of Dagestan, along the Caspian Sea, the largest landlocked body of water in the world.
  — Josh Pennington, CNN, 4 Dec. 2022
• The Villa Street cemetery, built in 1908, is landlocked and in the last phase of development.
  — Gloria Casas, Chicago Tribune, 29 Apr. 2022
• But close to a third of the countries on the continent are landlocked; the same solutions won’t apply.
  — Ciku Kimeria, Quartz, 21 June 2022
• Kansas City is profoundly landlocked, which presents a problem for those who love to swim in natural bodies of water.
  — Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 17 July 2024

Last Updated: 27 Oct 2024