coast guard
noun
1
: a military or naval force employed in guarding a coast or responsible for the safety, order, and operation of maritime traffic in neighboring waters
2
Examples of coast guard in a Sentence
Recent Examples on the Web
Last year, according to statistics provided to Fox News Digital by Taiwan’s Ocean Affairs Council, Taiwan’s coast guard drove away 1,196 vessels from Taiwanese waters – 1,135 of which were from China.
—
Eryk Michael Smith, FOXNews.com, 12 June 2025
Since May, China has been flexing its muscles by sending an unusually large number of naval and coast guard vessels through a swath of East Asian waters, according to security documents and officials, in moves that have unnerved regional capitals.
—Reuters, NBC news, 11 June 2025
The ship, suspected to be part of China's controversial Maritime Militia, was captured in a video made public by the Philippine coast guard.
—Micah McCartney, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 June 2025
Alvarez Valenzuela worked for the Navy as a civil electromechanical engineer at a coast guard station in Urabá, according to reporting by Colombian newspaper El Tiempo.
—Michael Loria, USA TODAY, 20 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for coast guard
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.
Eryk Michael Smith, FOXNews.com, 12 June 2025
Since May, China has been flexing its muscles by sending an unusually large number of naval and coast guard vessels through a swath of East Asian waters, according to security documents and officials, in moves that have unnerved regional capitals.
—Reuters, NBC news, 11 June 2025
The ship, suspected to be part of China's controversial Maritime Militia, was captured in a video made public by the Philippine coast guard.
—Micah McCartney, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 June 2025
Alvarez Valenzuela worked for the Navy as a civil electromechanical engineer at a coast guard station in Urabá, according to reporting by Colombian newspaper El Tiempo.
—Michael Loria, USA TODAY, 20 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for coast guard
Cite this Entry
“Coast guard.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/coast%20guard. Accessed 18 Jun. 2025.
Copy CitationLove words? Need even more definitions?
Merriam-Webster unabridged
Share