How to Use landfall in a Sentence

landfall

noun
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  • From the deck of the boat, we saw our first landfall.
  • Elsa is the third storm to make landfall in the U.S. this year.
    — Leigh Morgan, al, 8 July 2021
  • Nicholas will be the eighth storm to make landfall on the United States so far this year.
    — NBC News, 13 Sep. 2021
  • This would be the first US landfall storm of the 2024 Atlantic season.
    — Andrew Torgan, CNN, 7 July 2024
  • The fine print: The margin of error is greater the further away landfall is.
    — Andrew Freedman, Axios, 4 Nov. 2024
  • If the rain does make landfall, roads could become slick.
    — Andres Picon, San Francisco Chronicle, 4 Oct. 2021
  • By the end of the play, Life of Pi wraps back around to its big lessons, making landfall again in the land of the vague and obvious.
    — Vulture, 30 Mar. 2023
  • Ian is one of the strongest storms ever to make landfall in the United States.
    — Victoria Ballard, Sun Sentinel, 6 Oct. 2022
  • Little change to the location of landfall and effects of the storm.
    — John R. Ellement, BostonGlobe.com, 15 Sep. 2023
  • The storm made its first landfall in February, then made a rare loop and hit again.
    — Harold Maass, The Week, 17 Mar. 2023
  • The storm made landfall on Sunday with sustained winds of up to 40 miles per hour and gusts of up to 49 miles per hour.
    — NBC News, 12 Apr. 2022
  • Hurst was last seen on last seen on the boat the day Hurricane Ian made landfall on Sept. 28, per the outlet.
    — Brenton Blanchet, Peoplemag, 16 Jan. 2023
  • The surge can raise water levels on rivers miles inland from the point of landfall.
    — George Petras, USA Today, 30 May 2023
  • Even the hurricanes that don’t make landfall leave their mark.
    — Leah Tyler, ajc, 9 Sep. 2022
  • The rubble at Çeşme-Bağlararası lay in four distinct layers, which marked the landfall of at least four tsunamis.
    — Kiona N. Smith, Ars Technica, 5 Jan. 2022
  • It's forecast to be a Cat 2 at landfall near Morgan City.
    — Axios, 11 Sep. 2024
  • The intrepid and long-lived storm is gearing up for its third and final landfall, this time in Texas.
    — Matthew Cappucci, Washington Post, 6 July 2024
  • DeSantis left the campaign trail ahead of the storm's landfall to return to his home state.
    — USA TODAY, 6 Sep. 2023
  • But where exactly landfall will occur is still up in the air.
    — NBC News, 18 Aug. 2023
  • The waves could cause coastal flooding, though the storm itself is not expected to make a U.S. landfall.
    — Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 8 Sep. 2021
  • The storm is expected to make landfall between 8 a.m. and 9 a.m.
    — Curt Anderson, Freida Frisaro, Anchorage Daily News, 7 July 2021
  • The group said there's a 71% chance at least one major hurricane will make landfall somewhere in the U.S.
    — Doyle Rice, USA TODAY, 7 Apr. 2022
  • Tropical Storm Claudette was the only one so far to make landfall.
    — Leigh Morgan, al, 27 June 2021
  • This can be up to a day before a hurricane makes landfall.
    — Orlando Sentinel Staff, Orlando Sentinel, 31 May 2022
  • For now its winds are forecast to reach 90 mph before landfall, but that number could rise if Beryl stays over the Gulf longer.
    — Doyle Rice, USA TODAY, 5 July 2024
  • At about 24 hours from landfall, the average error at is about 40 miles.
    — Jeanine Santucci, USA TODAY, 9 Oct. 2024
  • Watch the weather: If a storm is predicting to make landfall, don't come, Taylor said.
    — Priscilla Aguirre, Chron, 28 May 2021
  • Most sink to the bottom of the ocean or decompose without making landfall.
    — Kurtis Alexander, SFChronicle.com, 9 Jan. 2021
  • The storm, which is well out to sea and is not expected to have a major impact or make landfall in the United States, is the 21st storm this season.
    — Zoe Christen Jones, CBS News, 1 Nov. 2021
  • The human toll of disaster has never been clearer with the tragic loss of more than 250 lives from just the last two hurricanes to make U.S. landfall.
    — Trevor Riggen, Forbes, 1 Nov. 2024

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