How to Use scuba in a Sentence

scuba

noun
  • 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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