Example Sentences
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to
show current usage.
Read More
Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors.
Send us feedback.
Recent Examples of seamount
Dusky sharks are usually coastal and associated with continental shelves, while Galapagos sharks prefer seamounts and remote islands.
—
Melissa Cristina Márquez, Forbes.com, 16 July 2025
In the sneak peek clip, an array of ocean animals traverse great distances in search of food, including travelling to seamounts — underwater mountains up to three miles high.
—Kelli Bender, People.com, 5 June 2025
Underwater volcano lurks off the Oregon coast The massive undersea Axial seamount volcano reaches more than 3,600 feet above the seabed about 300 miles off Oregon.
—Janet Loehrke, USA Today, 29 May 2025
Deep sea minerals are found across the globe There are three main critical mineral deposits in the oceans: crusts on seamounts, potato-sized nodules and hydrothermal vents.
—Laura Paddison, CNN Money, 8 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for seamount
Melissa Cristina Márquez, Forbes.com, 16 July 2025
In the sneak peek clip, an array of ocean animals traverse great distances in search of food, including travelling to seamounts — underwater mountains up to three miles high.
—Kelli Bender, People.com, 5 June 2025
Underwater volcano lurks off the Oregon coast The massive undersea Axial seamount volcano reaches more than 3,600 feet above the seabed about 300 miles off Oregon.
—Janet Loehrke, USA Today, 29 May 2025
Deep sea minerals are found across the globe There are three main critical mineral deposits in the oceans: crusts on seamounts, potato-sized nodules and hydrothermal vents.
—Laura Paddison, CNN Money, 8 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for seamount
Recent Examples of Synonyms for seamount
Noun
-
Sun, wind, and water sculpted the sandstone into a dramatic, desolate, unearthly landscape of gorges and valleys, inselbergs and stacks, towering tassili and natural arches.—
Aminatta Forna,
Condé Nast Traveler,
13 Aug. 2024
-
Geologists had suspected that these inselbergs, found in Brazil, Australia, and southern Africa, are old—enduring while erosion stripped away the surrounding landscape.—
Paul Voosen,
Science | AAAS,
26 June 2019
Noun
-
Among the displays are ceramic figures, scale models and paintings that narrate indigenous traditions in the Andes cordillera, from the first settlements dating back 15,000 years to the birth of the Tiwanaku state and the rise of the Incan empire.—
Washington Post,
Washington Post,
20 Sep. 2019
-
Away to the west, mountains rode the horizons, granite faced, severe, not the Andes yet, but the cordillera of the pre-Andes.—
Stanley Stewart,
Condé Nast Traveler,
22 Aug. 2019
Noun
-
Groundhog Audio claims its tech can match the tone from any song and drop it into a compact pedal at your feet – no knob twiddling necessary.—
Abhimanyu Ghoshal,
New Atlas,
20 Oct. 2025
-
After an edgy week, Michigan found the volume knob and turned down the noise.—
Austin Meek,
New York Times,
19 Oct. 2025
Noun
-
Five days later, the summit was off and new sanctions on Moscow were on.—
Laura Sharman,
CNN Money,
26 Oct. 2025
-
However, Washington and Pyongyang haven’t hinted at any meeting between the leaders ahead of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in South Korea, as attention is focused on trade talks with China’s Xi Jinping over a growing trade spat.—
Brendan Cole,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 Oct. 2025
Noun
-
This historic town is also close to Serra d’Irta National Park, which preserves a coastal mountain range of the same name.—
Maya Silver,
Outside,
21 Oct. 2025
-
The area sits atop the El Tigre fault line in the Western Precordillera in Argentina east of the Andes, a complex mountain range defined by numerous fault lines and systems, most notably those created by the subduction of the Nazca Plate beneath the South American Plate.—
Hollie Silverman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
21 Oct. 2025
Noun
-
Facial moles like cacti in the sierra, front-tooth gaps like keyhole nebulae.—
Vinson Cunningham,
The New Yorker,
14 Nov. 2022
-
Web cams pointed at Yosemite Valley’s famous granite features, including Half Dome and El Capitan, showed the high sierra landscape completely smoked out, with terrible visibility, on Thursday afternoon.—
Gregory Thomas,
SFChronicle.com,
17 Sep. 2020
Noun
-
The last American to compete in the pinnacle of motorsport was Logan Sargeant, who raced for Williams for nearly two years before the team replaced him.—
Madeline Coleman,
New York Times,
25 Oct. 2025
-
In fact, management guru Simon Sinek said all successful people have hit rock bottom before reaching their pinnacle.—
Sydney Lake,
Fortune,
24 Oct. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Seamount.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/seamount. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
Copy CitationLove words? Need even more definitions?
Merriam-Webster unabridged
Share