In a sentence
Six example sentences with coastal, each labelled with its topic.
The coastal road narrows to one lane above the cliffs, and drivers pull into cutouts to let buses pass.
Travel
Rising seas have pushed salt into coastal farmland, and rice yields on the delta have fallen every year since.
Environment
Coastal cities grew rich on shipping while inland towns two hundred miles away stayed poor for another century.
Economics
The coastal kitchens of the region lean on anchovies and lemon, while inland cooks reach for pork and beans.
Cooking
Coastal houses along the strand stand on stilts, with breakaway walls so a storm surge passes beneath the living floor.
Architecture
The painter's coastal scenes use a gray-green palette borrowed from the water off the Norfolk shore in winter.
Art
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