Synonyms for high seas

Grammar : Noun

Définition of high seas

noun open sea

Example sentences :

The vessels of the French for the most part sought refuge on the high seas.
Extract from : « Introductory American History » by Henry Eldridge Bourne

It's burglary on the high seas, and I'll go fifty miles to see him hanged.'
Extract from : « The Pirate and The Three Cutters » by Frederick Marryat

Everything that happens on board ship on the high seas has got to be dealt with somehow.
Extract from : « Chance » by Joseph Conrad

What was happening was that the High Seas Fleet was turning round.
Extract from : « Punch, Or The London Charivari, Vol 150, February 9, 1916 » by Various

Surely, then, British commanders might claim their own seamen on the high seas.
Extract from : « Union and Democracy » by Allen Johnson

Kitty may be on the high seas, that is, if she has taken my advice and got a return-ticket.
Extract from : « The Lure of the Mask » by Harold MacGrath

At four o'clock they were on the high seas, heading for the Azores.
Extract from : « The Lure of the Mask » by Harold MacGrath

September 19: F has not been the only one to think of the high seas as a final refuge.
Extract from : « Greener Than You Think » by Ward Moore

It was a day of fierce men and wild deeds—especially on the high seas.
Extract from : « Dulcibel » by Henry Peterson

I have been tricked, robbed, and cruelly treated, sir on the high seas!
Extract from : « The Three Midshipmen » by W.H.G. Kingston

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