Meanings of scan the sea in English

John twists his neck as he rows, and endeavors to scan the sea around them.

She retraced her steps to the beach to scan the sea that glistened in the moonlight.

But he did raise the binoculars every few minutes and scan the sea from left to right and sometimes back again.

The company has also brought in a robot vessel, not yet deployed, to scan the sea bed for signs of spillage, she said.

At first he divided his attention, looking away from the oncoming storm to briefly scan the sea with the night-vision binoculars in the shelter.

In the morning I would wander out to the rocks on the point and eagerly scan the sea for the sight of a red sail.

It was today fitted with a Towed Ping Locator and Bluefin-21 underwater drone which uses sonar to scan the sea floor for signs of wreckage.

A lookout at Sandy Hook would scan the sea day and night from a tower that they would build in the guise of charitable works.

Chip's eyes scanned the sea, unconsciously searching for the police chief's body.

I scanned the sea of heads, looking for the orange baseball cap.

He turned to the opposite direction, scanning the sea with keen eyes.

Underwater robots scanned the sea floor for signs the undersea well was damaged.

He got up early and scanned the sea with his telescope.

Tom dashed out of the shed and scanned the sea to the southward.

Finally, he stopped and scanned the sea of round human faces around him.

She scanned the sea for the periscope of a submarine.