It scooped up thousands of tons of sand from the ocean bed.
Examples of 'ocean bed' in a sentence
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That's what sponges do, on the ocean bed.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
The search continues because the treasure is spread over eight miles of ocean bed.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
Tales of its missions are mixed with footage of efforts to raise its wreckage from the ocean bed.
The Sun (2014)
However, with the flight recorders likely to be on the ocean bed, investigators might never learn why the jet crashed.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
However, scallops that have been cultivated on the ocean bed may well be harvested by dredging.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
Melianthus major has serrated, glaucous (bluish-green) leaves, as if cut by pinking shears, which look as if they could be waving on the ocean bed.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
Some pollutants, for instance, stick to the surfaces of tiny plastic particles that are now found in the ocean bed.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
Another possibility is hydrodynamics - patterns of water movement generated by currents and waves as they interact with each other, the shoreline and the ocean bed.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
When large marine creatures die they often float for long periods before sinking to the ocean bed.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
You can tag fish, for example, but any information can be gathered only when they swim within range of listening devices on the ocean bed.