How do you use the word "atlantic" in a sentence?

Q: How do you use the word "atlantic" in a sentence?

Here are real-life examples of using "atlantic": Lindbergh was the first man to fly across the Atlantic. The Panama Canal connects the Atlantic with the Pacific.

Atlantic Meaning

/ətˈlæn.tɪk/

Definition, CEFR level B1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.

Definition

adjOf or pertaining to the atlas, the uppermost vertebra in the spinal columns of humans and some other animals.

nameThe Atlantic Ocean.

Sentence Examples

Lindbergh was the first man to fly across the Atlantic.

The Panama Canal connects the Atlantic with the Pacific.

Atlantic City is famous for its boardwalk.

CEFR Practice Quiz

They sailed across the ____ Ocean during their voyage to Europe.

CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)

The ____ Ocean separates the continents of Europe and North America.

Word Origin & History

Etymology tree Ancient Greek Ᾰ̓́τλᾱς (Ắtlās) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) Ancient Greek -ῐκός (-ĭkós) Ancient Greek Ἀτλαντικός (Atlantikós)bor. Latin ā̆tlanticusbor. Middle English Atlantyke English Atlantic From Middle English Atlantyke, from Latin Ā̆tlanticus, from Ancient Greek Ἀτλαντικός (Atlantikós, “Atlantean, of Atlas”), from Ancient Greek Ἄτλᾱς (Átlās), either from ἁ- (ha-, copulative prefix) + Proto-Indo-European *telh₂- (“bear, undergo, endure”) or of Pre-Greek origin.

Literary Quotations & Historical Citations

"The Seav'n Atlantick sisters." — 1667, John Milton, “Book IX”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC:

"It is equally curious that whereas the first Swindon-built Atlantic began its career as a 4-6-0, the first Great Western 4-cylinder 4-6-0 began its career as an Atlantic." — 1944 January and February, 'Voyageur', “Atlantic Locomotives on the G.W.R.”, in Railway Magazine, page 26:

"Where these Atlantics fell from acoustic grace, however, was in their feeble screechy little whistle, so different from the N.B.R. mellow standard pattern." — 1952 December, R. S. McNaught, “The Voice of the Locomotive”, in Railway Magazine, page 839:

"A chapter of locomotive history was closed on Sunday, April 13, when the last Atlantic tender locomotive to remain in service on British Railways, No. 32424, Beachy Head, ended its working life of more than 46 years." — 1958 June 26, “The Last British Atlantic”, in Railway Magazine, page 383:

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