Definition: 1. The shore of a sea or ocean. 2. A slope down which sleds may coast. 3. The area within view. 4. The act of moving smoothly along a surface while remaining in contact with it. 5. Move effortlessly; by force of gravity.
Use 'coast' in a sentence:
1. They managed to get away from the coast undetected.
2. Hurricane Betty is now approaching the coast of Florida.
3. We paddled the canoe along the coast.
4. The coast is a mecca for tourists.
5. The cars were bumper to bumper on the road to the coast.
6. If you enjoy the coast and the country, you'll get the best of both worlds on this walk.
7. The boat was intercepted by U.S. Coast Guards.
8. Take the coast road ─ it'll be less of a haul.
9. The track hugs the coast for a mile.
10. The plane flew parallel to the coast.
11. Sunshine will be in short supply for the west coast.
12. The coast was barely distinguishable in the mist.
13. Severe winds have been battering the coast.
14. The road hugs the coast for hundreds of miles.
15. On a clear day you can see the coast.
16. We live roughly halfway between here and the coast.
17. After three weeks they made landfall on the coast of Ireland.
18. You're just coasting ─ it's time to work hard now.
19. The ship was wrecked off the coast of France.
20. The Atlantic coast is within sight of the hotel.
21. We get heavy fogs on this coast in winter.
22. We walked along the coast for five miles.
23. That's a pretty stretch of coast.
24. The Ivory Coast became the world's leading cocoa producer.
25. They're drilling for oil off the Irish coast.
26. They live on the east coast.
27. Finzer is not just any East Coast businessman.
28. These fish are found in shallow waters around the coast.
29. Cook charted the coast of New Zealand in 1768.
30. The car coasted along until it stopped.
31. We moored off the north coast of the island.
32. Severe winds have been battering the north coast.
33. The army began their long march to the coast.
34. As soon as the coast was clear he climbed in through the window.
35. The church is remotely situated on the north coast of the island.
36. The town is in a direct line between London and the coast.
37. The south coast of Spain has become something of a tourist ghetto.
38. They live on the south coast.
39. The trawler was fishing off the coast of Iceland.
40. The distant thunder from the coast continued sporadically.
41. The weather can be quite bleak on the coast.
42. We spent the weekend sailing off the south coast.
43. The road serves the scattered habitations along the coast.
44. The ship lay at anchor two miles off the rocky coast.
45. We anchored off the coast of Spain.
46. The coast road is closed due to bad weather.
47. Along the coast, an industrial fringe had already developed.
