How to Use sea level in a Sentence

sea level

noun

• The front of our house is about 400 feet above sea level.
  — Kym Pokorny, oregonlive, 26 Sep. 2022
• But Smith’s group will play at (or near) sea level for the rest of the season.
  — Jon Wilner, The Mercury News, 4 Mar. 2024
• Sørensen says that the grade-school books used in the area all predict a rise in sea levels.
  — Avery Schuyler Nunn, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Dec. 2024
• Front Street may need to be set back from the ocean due to rising sea levels.
  — Sara Kehaulani Goo, Axios, 4 Aug. 2024
• Half of the sea level rise is because the oceans are getting warmer.
  — Joan Meiners, The Arizona Republic, 27 July 2022
• The Narayani flows through the city of Pokhara, nestled in a valley less than 3,000 feet above sea level.
  — Rahul Rao, Popular Science, 6 July 2023
• These glaciers make up about 12% of the entire ice sheet and hold enough ice to raise sea levels by about 4.3 feet.
  — Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 5 Aug. 2024
• To try to fathom it, picture trekking from sea level to the top of the world’s tallest peak, Mount Everest.
  — Tree Meinch, Discover Magazine, 27 June 2023
• The shady oasis called Henninger Flats stands at 2,600 feet above sea level at the top of Eaton Canyon.
  — Mary Forgione, Los Angeles Times, 21 Apr. 2022
• The stone wall remained hidden for about the last 8,500 years when it was submerged due to sea level rise.
  — Joshua Rapp Learn, Discover Magazine, 27 Mar. 2024
• The ice holds enough fresh water to raise sea level by nearly 200 feet.
  — Ted Scambos, The Conversation, 7 June 2022
• Nearly 3 miles long and up to 49 feet above sea level, the levee surrounds the town on three sides.
  — Tom Foreman Jr., USA TODAY, 28 Apr. 2022
• Most of the Maldives, for instance, lies just a meter above sea level.
  — Sara Clemence, The Atlantic, 3 July 2023
• Hills are scarce—the country’s highest point is just 1,000 feet above sea level—and caves are even scarcer.
  — Corey Buhay, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 May 2024
• Ouray is 7,800 feet above sea level at the base of the San Juan Mountains in south-central Colorado.
  — James Dziezynski, Outside Online, 5 Aug. 2024
• Then in 2021, rain fell at the summit of Greenland – roughly two miles above sea level – for the first time on record.
  — Rachel Ramirez, CNN, 18 Jan. 2023
• The city's been battered by an endless parade of floods due to sea level rise.
  — CBS News, 17 Apr. 2022
• Over time, that land became low enough to fall below sea level, and water from the oceans came in on top of it.
  — Carlyn Kranking, Smithsonian Magazine, 17 Sep. 2024
• This 200-mile stretch of coastline has one of the highest rates of erosion and sea level rise in New Zealand.
  — Rachel Pannett, Washington Post, 27 Oct. 2023
• Along with the winds and waves, sea level rise has also contributed to the erosion.
  — Li Cohen, CBS News, 25 Sep. 2024
• Nearly a foot of sea level rise is expected over the next 30 years.
  — Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA TODAY, 3 Aug. 2022
• The first floor was twelve feet above sea level, and the house had a concrete elevator shaft.
  — Carolyn Kormann, The New Yorker, 10 Oct. 2024
• The melting ice has in turn contributed to sea level rise.
  — Kate S. Petersen, USA TODAY, 25 Oct. 2022
• The Antarctic ice sheet contains 90% of the world’s fresh water, enough to raise sea level by around 60 meters.
  — Julia Musto, Fox News, 7 May 2022
• For the best views, head to the North Star observation capsule, which whisks you 300 feet above sea level.
  — Lauren Dana Ellman, Travel + Leisure, 6 Nov. 2024
• The topo map will show the contour elevations of land above sea level.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Feb. 2023
• The new report finds that sea level rise fueled by climate change is the biggest risk.
  — Julia Simon, NPR, 22 May 2024
• Compared with some of the other sites assessed in the study, the Island of Gorée’s House of Slaves is less at risk from sea level rise and erosion.
  — Petro Kotzé, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 May 2022
• Another is that younger tribal members are moving away from the area because of rising sea levels.
  — Andrea Durán, Baltimore Sun, 25 Dec. 2024
• Up a cobblestoned hillside some 1,500 feet above sea level, Ravello felt familiar and new all at once.
  — Kristin Braswell, Travel + Leisure, 19 Dec. 2024

Last Updated: 14 Jan 2025