Sargasso Sea

noun

1. a relatively calm area of water in the N Atlantic, NE of the West Indies.

Sargasso Sea

noun

1. a calm area of the N Atlantic, between the Caribbean and the Azores, where there is an abundance of floating seaweed of the genus Sargassum

Example Sentences

The Dow Jones Industrial Average is hovering near 14,000, and global bond markets are as calm as the Sargasso Sea.

From The Daily Beast

She may drift into the Sargasso Sea of daytime television, where she can chat up B-list celebrities.

From The Daily Beast

The same may be said of the Sargasso Sea, where millions of living creatures make their home.

From Project Gutenberg

The days slipped rapidly away, until we entered the Sargasso Sea, that strange vortex in the middle of the Atlantic.

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On several days about this time, we passed through large masses of seaweed drifting from the Sargasso Sea.

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The ship, soon clear of the Sargasso Sea, glided on proudly, with all sail set below and aloft.

From Project Gutenberg

When they had been about forty days out from Palos, the ship ran into what is marked upon your maps as the Sargasso Sea.

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