How to Use open water in a Sentence

open water

noun

• And the stronger the current on the lake, the more likely the ice will give to open water.
  — Frank Witsil, Detroit Free Press, 21 Feb. 2023
• In front of them is open water and the island of Molokai rising in the distance.
  — Joshua Partlow, Washington Post, 17 Aug. 2023
• In addition to the triathlon, the Seine is set to host open water swimming events.
  — Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 28 July 2024
• The shark has escaped to open waters and there is no plan to contain the shark at this time, Dowdy told the station.
  — Tristan Maglunog, ABC News, 4 July 2024
• Grimes has already clinched a spot in open water, which will be held in the Seine River.
  — Paul Newberry, Baltimore Sun, 18 June 2024
• While there’s plenty of open water for boaters, portions of the west end are buoyed off as a no-wake zone.
  — Roger Naylor, The Arizona Republic, 12 June 2024
• But Burke overrode the order and sent the ship back out into open waters.
  — Patrick Smith, NBC News, 13 Feb. 2024
• And a rattle is often a nice touch even out in open water, though the weights will cause a frog to sink in this scenario.
  — Steve Price, Field & Stream, 7 June 2023
• Load your fish finder in the back of the snow machine, carry it from hole to hole, and even use it on your boat in open water.
  — Travis Smola, Field & Stream, 20 Mar. 2023
• These are the stories we are brought up on: of open water, gaping jaws, circling fins.
  — Katherine Rundell, The New Yorker, 29 July 2024
• Adults can be at risk in lakes or open water when impaired, swimming alone, or unaware of how to swim.
  — Kye Graves, The Arizona Republic, 16 May 2023
• Over the weekend, Beryl crossed the open water and headed northwest toward Texas’ Gulf coast.
  — Angie Dimichele, Sun Sentinel, 8 July 2024
• For one, fishermen have access to open water in the Arctic for longer.
  — Alena Naiden, Anchorage Daily News, 6 Apr. 2023
• Two days later, a light plane landed on ice and broke through into open water.
  — Frances Vinall, Washington Post, 30 Dec. 2023
• Then, on open water, switch the display unit to a bracket and transducer mounted in your boat.
  — Travis Smola, Field & Stream, 20 Mar. 2023
• The depression is expected to move north and remain over open waters with no threat to land.
  — Nidhi Sharma, NBC News, 5 Sep. 2023
• And depending on the wind direction, these air masses can spend a lot of time over open water.
  — Sophie Carson, Journal Sentinel, 9 Jan. 2024
• But the Marines are in hot pursuit, with escalating weirdness amid the open waters.
  — Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 31 Aug. 2023
• These baits also work in open water and around isolated cover like docks and stumps.
  — Shaye Baker, Field & Stream, 12 Oct. 2023
• The eastern and western segments of the bridge traverse open water, whereas the central segment is built on a low island in the middle of the strait.
  — Ben Hodges, Led Klosky, Robert Person, Foreign Affairs, 5 Dec. 2023
• Ditch Your Goggles Most open water will be cloudier than your local pool.
  — Jenny McCoy, Outside Online, 16 June 2019
• Each year anglers in the upper Midwest are rescued from ice floes that get blown into open water by high winds.
  — Drew Dawson, Journal Sentinel, 26 Feb. 2024
• Anyone can be at risk in lakes or open water when either impaired, swimming alone, or unaware of how to swim.
  — The Arizona Republic, 7 June 2023
• Lack of wind shear in the atmosphere and Lee churning over the open waters of the Atlantic Ocean are other important variables.
  — Emily Shapiro, ABC News, 8 Sep. 2023
• Nam has racked up thousands of hours on the open water, including a solo trip up the Pacific coast to Seattle.
  — Jeong Park, Los Angeles Times, 9 Mar. 2023
• People’s bodies have not yet acclimated to the heat and there is a extreme risk of drowning in open water that is both cold and fast this time of year.
  — oregonlive, 15 May 2023
• Once bustling with cargo vessels, cruise ships, sailboats, yachts and fishing trawlers, the harbor is now a vast expanse of open water.
  — Marc Santora Laetitia Vancon, New York Times, 26 Sep. 2023
• And, if your pup is up for a swim, grab a paddleboard and float along the Catawba River, through shaded tributaries and open water.
  — Liz Logan, Charlotte Observer, 31 Jan. 2024
• Another worry is that lack of ice cover leaves the lakes more prone to lake-effect snow, which requires warm open water and a cold, dry air mass.
  — Claire Reid, Journal Sentinel, 11 June 2024
• Last year, heavy rain led to unsafe bacteria levels in the Seine, forcing World Aquatics to cancel an open water swimming event.
  — Stephanie Brown, Verywell Health, 26 July 2024

Last Updated: 4 Oct 2024