How to Use buoy in a Sentence

buoy

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  • The suspects were wearing the same clothes as seen in the video from the buoy.
    — Amanda Jackson, CNN, 11 Jan. 2022
  • The two paddled to a buoy, whose line led to the inky depths below.
    — Elliot Ackerman, WIRED, 9 Feb. 2024
  • But don't worry, there's enough room on a buoy for the both of them.
    — Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 22 Dec. 2023
  • Grab a kickboard, a pull buoy, and aqua weights for this one.
    — Mallory Creveling, Women's Health, 16 June 2023
  • The shark has been detected four time at the same buoy.
    — Julia Musto, Fox News, 23 July 2022
  • To get the canoe up to speed for the crash, it was hooked to a truck that could pull it into the buoy.
    — Zoe Hewitt, Variety, 4 Jan. 2023
  • Migrants walk by a string of buoys placed along the Rio Grande border.
    — Colin Sheeley, NBC News, 3 Aug. 2023
  • With one hand on the buoy line and the other in the air, Nicholas set the swimmers loose for a 9.5-mile swim to a dam on the far side of the lake.
    — Adam Skolnick, New York Times, 10 May 2023
  • The man found by the buoys was from Mexico and is believed to have been dead for some time.
    — Armando Garcia, ABC News, 3 Aug. 2023
  • Clip the anchor line to the lower ring on the spike and use the top ring for a buoy or flag to mark the spike’s location.
    — Ric Burnley, Field & Stream, 9 Jan. 2023
  • The crew races to refill the bait boxes and shove the pot overboard before the boat reaches the next buoy.
    — Julia Rosen, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 Mar. 2022
  • In the movie, Thomas and Sophie buoy Marc with quiet acts of care, keeping him afloat.
    — Laura Zornosa, TIME, 29 Dec. 2023
  • The plan recommended it be marked with buoys placed in the water.
    — Christine Condon, Baltimore Sun, 3 Aug. 2023
  • Breathless from the shock of the cold, the competitors swam to a string of orange buoys in the shadow of a concrete dam.
    — Adam Skolnick, New York Times, 10 May 2023
  • If the buoy fell or the castaway stepped off the perch, they would be eliminated from the challenge.
    — Ben Flanagan | Bflanagan@al.com, al, 21 Apr. 2022
  • The big buoy came to be because pranksters were forever stealing the old sign.
    — Jeff Kleinman, orlandosentinel.com, 9 Jan. 2022
  • So hitting that final buoy [at a time of 34:53] was such a relief.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 27 Feb. 2023
  • Many view the buoy barrier and razor wire as steps too far.
    — Henry Gass, The Christian Science Monitor, 26 Sep. 2023
  • The buoys measured wind speed, wind direction and wave height.
    — Carol Thompson The Detroit News (tns), arkansasonline.com, 27 Nov. 2023
  • The buoys are used to detect submarines and other objects in the water.
    — Lolita C. Baldor, Fortune, 4 Dec. 2023
  • The buoy, looking to connect with anything, pretends to be one so the satellite will stop and talk to it.
    — Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 20 Jan. 2024
  • And so then what are Texas lawyers arguing now in defense of these buoys?
    — Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 17 Aug. 2023
  • Pulling his pirogue up to one of the buoys, marked by a white tassel flag, Camara began to pull in a net.
    — Rachel Chason and Chloe Sharrock, Anchorage Daily News, 27 Apr. 2023
  • The city began repairs to the famous buoy on the same day as the fire, and the damage is estimated to be over $5,000.
    — Jason Duaine Hahn, PEOPLE.com, 13 Jan. 2022
  • Meanwhile Brad and Wes are locked head to head at their buoy, and Nia passes Jonna.
    — Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com, 30 June 2022
  • It’s bad enough in normal conditions, but when the wind blows, the Island Hole at Sawgrass is the size of a buoy.
    — Nick Canepa Columnist, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Mar. 2022
  • The sensor and the buoy were connected by a thousand-metre-long wire.
    — David W. Brown, The New Yorker, 21 Nov. 2022
  • You're not restricted to just that one spot where the buoy is located.
    — Scientific American Custom Media, Scientific American, 20 Jan. 2022
  • The buoy is really just there to have the radio transmitters and things like that on up at the surface.
    — Scientific American Custom Media, Scientific American, 20 Jan. 2022
  • The first team to tug in 1,000 feet, marked by a bright orange buoy, wins the yearly competition.
    — Kylie Martin, Detroit Free Press, 10 Sep. 2023
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buoy

2 of 2 verb
  • The tax breaks should help to buoy the economy.
  • The win even buoyed hopes that stalled Biden nominations would now have the votes to pass.
    — Cami Mondeaux, Washington Examiner, 1 Mar. 2023
  • The fact that the lovers conform to a type, in their sighing and gasping, seems to buoy up, not to pop, the erotic mood.
    — Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 26 Feb. 2024
  • The Timbers, buoyed by the dazzling play of Evander, went up 3-1 in the first few minutes of the second half.
    — oregonlive, 14 May 2023
  • This helps buoy low temperatures in the mid- to upper 70s.
    — A. Camden Walker, Washington Post, 15 July 2023
  • Marc is buoyed by Sophie and Thomas in his grief, but his friends also have troubles of their own.
    — José Criales-Unzueta, Vogue, 4 Jan. 2024
  • The union also has been buoyed by a nationwide rise in union activism.
    — Meg James and Wendy Lee, Anchorage Daily News, 3 Sep. 2023
  • In the throes of the Great Depression, the nation looked to Hollywood to buoy its spirts, to escape from mediocrity.
    — Angelica Aboulhosn, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 Mar. 2024
  • Though the film might feel aimless at times, it’s buoyed by scenes in which the musicians come together to rap and sing.
    — Murtada Elfadl, Variety, 30 June 2023
  • Perhaps this is buoyed by his own role in fighting climate change.
    — Bypaolo Confino, Fortune, 22 Sep. 2023
  • The truck's solid rear axle is also buoyed by enhanced shock absorbers and a leaf-spring kit that raises the ride height.
    — Eric Stafford, Car and Driver, 4 Apr. 2023
  • No matter how your day started, this hike will buoy your spirits.
    — Jim Holden, The Mercury News, 22 Jan. 2024
  • Even a slightly rusty Wiggins should bolster them on both ends and buoy their title odds.
    — Connor Letourneau, San Francisco Chronicle, 5 Apr. 2023
  • The price of Shell stocks have hit record highs, buoyed by the prospect that the war’s expansion could disrupt Middle East oil production and trade flows.
    — Kate Aronoff, The New Republic, 17 Oct. 2023
  • In Joann's case, the company was buoyed in the early days of the pandemic as the shutdown spurred some consumers to take up crafts and other projects.
    — Khristopher J. Brooks, CBS News, 18 Mar. 2024
  • Those lamenting the lack of updates to the former will be buoyed by intriguing additions to the latter line.
    — Nick Scott, Robb Report, 27 Mar. 2023
  • One day soon, a platform 50 times as large may float in the deep waters of the North Sea, buoying up a massive wind turbine to harvest the steady, strong breezes there.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 23 Sep. 2023
  • Last year its margin, buoyed by high vehicle prices, was 8.1%.
    — WSJ, 21 June 2023
  • There’s just something to the sensation of floating, of being buoyed and carried along with no effort of your own.
    — Chelsee Lowe, Travel + Leisure, 2 Apr. 2023
  • But catching mid-table Girona, buoyed by arguably this year’s shrewdest signing, is a better way to go.
    — Henry Flynn, Forbes, 1 Apr. 2023
  • The Bruins, buoyed by a large turnout of fans in Sacramento, soon regained the lead, but Northwestern kept hanging around.
    — Ron Kroichick, San Francisco Chronicle, 18 Mar. 2023
  • Seattle’s strength of schedule is buoyed by 16 games remaining against those three.
    — Shawn McFarland, Dallas News, 10 Aug. 2023
  • What about markets: In a twist, the prospect of a steady Fed policy buoyed markets and sent Treasury yields lower on Tuesday.
    — Nicole Goodkind, CNN, 11 Oct. 2023
  • The lack of resale competition may buoy the new-home market a bit more than normal, though.
    — Lance Lambert, Fortune, 22 June 2023
  • Its meteoric rise has been buoyed — much to the chagrin of some — by the interest in all things fermented and gut-friendly.
    — Kim Severson, New York Times, 10 Mar. 2024
  • This latest victory, the players agreed, will help buoy the future.
    — Susan Miller Degnan, Miami Herald, 25 Feb. 2024
  • The Bridge finds her spinning gold from the personal and public scrutiny, buoyed by the freedom of someone who’s taken their demons by the throat and thrown them off a cliff.
    — Hannah Summerhill, Vogue, 15 Sep. 2023
  • Newsom’s first term in office was buoyed by record-smashing surpluses of more than $100 billion in some years.
    — Adam Beam, Fortune, 8 Dec. 2023
  • Read on for recipes buoyed by sweet and spicy flavors, plus a simple, customizable hot honey recipe — and 10 ways to use it.
    — Tina Danze, Dallas News, 5 May 2023
  • Those sources combined ensure that TKO will have steady cash flow coming in the door, which Endeavor can tap to pay down more debt or buy back its own shares to buoy the price.
    — Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 20 Sep. 2023

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