Long Island Sound
an arm of the Atlantic Ocean between Connecticut and Long Island. 90 miles (145 km) long.
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How to use Long Island Sound in a sentence
Connecticut’s coastline faces New York’s Long Island Sound, which blocks the ocean swell.
As I drove home that night around eight, Long Island Sound was pitch-black, apart from the glimmering reflection of light poles.
Real Life Lazarus: When Patients Rise From the Dead | Sandeep Jauhar | August 21, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTDuring his time at SUNY, he lived with relatives in the Bronx and liked to go fishing on Long Island Sound.
Kofi Awoonor, the Ghanaian Poet Killed in Westgate Mall Attack | Michael Daly | September 24, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTConnecticut is in a similar situation to New York, though its damage is far more concentrated, along the Long Island Sound.
Scramble Ahead of Election Day in Areas Hardest Hit by Sandy | Ben Jacobs | November 3, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTHe did the thing up in Long Island Sound for several years, and changed her name a half a dozen times into the bargain.
The Rival Campers | Ruel Perley Smith
One morning at a popular summer resort on the Long Island Sound coast thousands of bathers were enjoying the surf-bathing.
Quiet Talks with World Winners | S. D. GordonI wondered idly if the tide could run this far back from Long Island Sound.
The Thing from the Lake | Eleanor M. IngramNot the tide, now, for the new dam was up and the lake cut off from Long Island Sound.
The Thing from the Lake | Eleanor M. IngramThe sun went down; Long Island Sound was shot with red gold as little waves reached up hands at the wonder of light.
The Innocents | Sinclair Lewis
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