How to Use scuba in a Sentence
scuba
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The three of us jumped off the boat and swam there with our scuba gear.
— Julie Beck, The Atlantic, 26 June 2020 -
There is a dead man in a scuba suit in the middle of a forest.
— Jay Bennett, Popular Mechanics, 6 Oct. 2017 -
Problem There is a dead man in a scuba suit in the middle of a forest.
— Jay Bennett, Popular Mechanics, 6 Oct. 2017 -
The cenote winds through a lush mangrove and is a snorkeling and scuba spot.
— Brittany Anas, Forbes, 29 June 2021 -
Why not try a scuba diving class or go to a paintball venue?
— Richard Chin, Star Tribune, 30 July 2021 -
Slip out of your scuba suit and dive into some shore-safe looks with a little more drip.
— Sean Santiago, ELLE Decor, 28 Dec. 2022 -
Making the rescue even more difficult, none of the boys were trained in scuba, and some of them couldn’t even swim.
— Bradley J. Fikes, sandiegouniontribune.com, 11 July 2018 -
Some have a scuba feel, others are meant to reflect a new sportiness and ease.
— Steff Yotka, Vogue, 20 July 2021 -
And the visiting out-of-towners are bringing scuba gear to go diving in the streets.
— Zlati Meyer, USA TODAY, 31 Oct. 2017 -
When captured, the man had a GPS device, a Koran, about $4,200 in cash, and a scuba snorkel and mask, court filings said.
— Washington Post, 17 Apr. 2018 -
In the pre-scuba era, divers, suited in more than 100 pounds of gear, breathed through a tube connected to an air pump on the surface.
— Laura Miller, Slate Magazine, 10 Oct. 2017 -
He’s here with fellow video creator Adam Brown, who will soon gear up in his scuba suit.
— Andrea Marks, Rolling Stone, 7 May 2022 -
Walking around the vast plant is like scuba diving on a shipwreck.
— David Kiley, Popular Mechanics, 15 Nov. 2010 -
And, wakeboarding and scuba diving parks can teach you a new, thrilling skill.
— Dana Burke, Houston Chronicle, 17 May 2018 -
In the first pic, the cuties are seen underwater, in the middle of a scuba diving sesh with stingrays.
— Abby Dupes, Seventeen, 29 Dec. 2022 -
The boys practice wearing scuba masks and breathing, the first step in their journey to daylight.
— Times Staff, latimes.com, 8 July 2018 -
The dive to rescue the boys in the Tham Luang Cave area is risky and requires divers to hold them close and dress them in scuba gear, Reuters reported.
— Edmund Demarche, Fox News, 9 July 2018 -
Narongsak said the boys and coach might need to wait for the waters to subside or learn basic scuba-diving techniques to get out.
— George Styllis, latimes.com, 26 June 2018 -
In 2004, the Malaysian government abruptly closed all hotels on Sipadan, known for having some of the best scuba diving in the world.
— Cynthia Drescher, Condé Nast Traveler, 27 Mar. 2018 -
Whitlock zipped up his bright yellow Tyvek suit, equipped with what looks like a scuba mask attached to an air pump.
— Kyung Lah, Julia Jones and Kim Berryman, CNN, 9 July 2020 -
Dionne got her first taste of scuba diving at the Coral Ridge Yacht Club during a training session.
— Emmett Hall, Sun Sentinel, 22 Sep. 2022 -
On Monday, McGraw, 50, shared a photo showing the singer wearing scuba gear at the bottom of the ocean.
— Kathleen Joyce, Fox News, 20 Mar. 2018 -
Being hit in the face with a jellyfish while deep-sea scuba diving.
— Georgia Frances King, Quartz, 14 Aug. 2019 -
West spends 40 to 60 hours a week scuba diving Lake Tahoe to locate and remove submerged trash.
— Stephanie Vermillion, Outside Online, 3 Nov. 2021 -
Her next adventures will bring her scuba diving in the Great Blue Hole in Belize.
— Travel + Leisure, 28 Feb. 2022 -
An enlarged spleen seems to function like a bigger scuba tank.
— Carl Zimmer, New York Times, 19 Apr. 2018 -
Moving around the Kittiwake’s five decks with a full tank of air and scuba gear is like creeping around a strange, abandoned old house in the middle of the night.
— Erik Heinrich, BostonGlobe.com, 16 May 2018 -
There's also a scuba-style hood and binding at the cuffs to cut down on drafts, plus zippered hand pockets and a two-way front zipper.
— Amber Joglar, Popular Mechanics, 22 Nov. 2022 -
It's known for being so deep that it's also used for scuba diving as well as swimming.
— Darla Guillen Gilthorpe, Houston Chronicle, 22 Aug. 2019 -
The scuba instructor went out to sea on a boat with two rangers from Whitecliffs Foreshore Reserve.
— People Staff, PEOPLE.com, 29 Mar. 2022
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