Long Island Sound

noun

1. an arm of the Atlantic Ocean between Connecticut and Long Island. 90 miles (145 km) long.

Example Sentences

Connecticut’s coastline faces New York’s Long Island Sound, which blocks the ocean swell.

From Outside Online

As I drove home that night around eight, Long Island Sound was pitch-black, apart from the glimmering reflection of light poles.

From The Daily Beast

During his time at SUNY, he lived with relatives in the Bronx and liked to go fishing on Long Island Sound.

From The Daily Beast

Connecticut is in a similar situation to New York, though its damage is far more concentrated, along the Long Island Sound.

From The Daily Beast

He did the thing up in Long Island Sound for several years, and changed her name a half a dozen times into the bargain.

From Project Gutenberg

One morning at a popular summer resort on the Long Island Sound coast thousands of bathers were enjoying the surf-bathing.

From Project Gutenberg

I wondered idly if the tide could run this far back from Long Island Sound.

From Project Gutenberg

Not the tide, now, for the new dam was up and the lake cut off from Long Island Sound.

From Project Gutenberg

The sun went down; Long Island Sound was shot with red gold as little waves reached up hands at the wonder of light.

From Project Gutenberg