INLAND in a Sentence

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For INLAND, below is one of 19 sentences:
Thus, gentlemen, though an inlander, Steelkilt was wild-ocean born, and wild-ocean nurtured; as much of an audacious mariner as any.

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 Meanings and Examples of INLAND
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
inland
 a.  within the land; more or less remote from the ocean or from open water; interior
Classic Sentence:
1  Meanwhile the Cicons cried out for help to other Cicons who lived inland.
The Odyssey By Homer
Context  Highlight   In BOOK IX
2  With this I left the ship and went up inland.
The Odyssey By Homer
Context  Highlight   In BOOK X
3  On this we all went inland, and Eurylochus was not left behind after all, but came on too, for he was frightened by the severe reprimand that I had given him.
The Odyssey By Homer
Context  Highlight   In BOOK X
4  Here she ended, and dawn enthroned in gold began to show in heaven, whereon she returned inland.
The Odyssey By Homer
Context  Highlight   In BOOK XII
5  One day, therefore, I went up inland that I might pray heaven to show me some means of getting away.
The Odyssey By Homer
Context  Highlight   In BOOK XII
6  James and Andrew, who had begun by hauling goods in covered wagons from Savannah to Georgia's inland towns, had prospered into a store of their own, and Gerald prospered with them.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER III
7  The stranger, a native of Savannah, had just returned after twelve years in the inland country.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER III
8  In transacting business for O'Hara Brothers, he had visited Augusta, a hundred miles up the Savannah River, and he had traveled inland far enough to visit the old towns westward from that city.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER III
9  For amber, though at times found on the sea-coast, is also dug up in some far inland soils, whereas ambergris is never found except upon the sea.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 92. Ambergris.
10  Far inland, nameless wails came from him, as desolate sounds from out ravines.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 133. The Chase—First Day.
11  From the great inland sea to the distant Wahsatch Mountains there was no name better known than that of John Ferrier.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART II: CHAPTER II. THE FLOWER OF UTAH
12  The sea is tumbling in over the shallows and the sandy flats with a roar, muffled in the sea-mists drifting inland.
Dracula By Bram Stoker
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VI
13  Thus, gentlemen, though an inlander, Steelkilt was wild-ocean born, and wild-ocean nurtured; as much of an audacious mariner as any.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 54. The Town-Ho's Story.
Example Sentence:
1  The economy of the inland towns and cities of our country also develops rapidly in recent years.
2  There are interesting hikes inland, but most ramblers stick to the clifftops.
3  The vast majority live further inland.
4  We travelled further inland the next day.
5  At this point, the coast road turns inland for several miles.
6  Beijing is an inland city; water resource is becoming the principle challenge for city development.