Meaning of sea-salty | Babel Free
Definitions
Containing or tasting of sea salt.
Examples
“My sea-salty tears bring⟳ to mind⟳ my origins.”
“Suddenly restless, he walked to the doorway to fill⟳ his lungs with clean⟳, sea-salty river air.”
“But the moans grew ever louder until they swallowed everyone in the room, and Johannes woke to the taste⟳ of his own⟳ sea-salty tears.”
“One can cry⟳ only so many / Sea salty tears / Oceans of missed kisses / Over the years”
“He could close⟳ his eyes and see⟳ the sisters sitting right up front at his funeral, sea-salty tears raining down on the Sunday dresses they had not worn for years.”
“And here (and she would tell⟳ you—very against her will!) Alice began to cry⟳ saddened, sea-salty tears.”
“Then I cry⟳ the sea-salty tears of someone who is not certain what they have⟳ to go back to.”
“Set⟳ a large pot of sea-salty water (¼ cup salt, 1 gallon water) to boil for the squid ink pasta.”
“Sound⟳ trailed by breath traveling across the continent, desert stone and grass-covered plain and mountain range, canyons and lakes, small hamlets, big cities to the coast and then a thousand leagues under the sea along the cable snaking under a hundred quadrillions of gallons of sea-salty water all the way to other side. […] He rubbed his hands over his face⟳ and upper body, looked at his wet⟳ sooty streaked palms that smelled of sage-ash and sea-salty tears.”
CEFR level
B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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