beached

Example Sentences

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At the toe of the bluff, the geotubes stretched out like a beached Leviathan.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026

Vonk and his team ensure the country is ready for extreme scenarios: a drought meaning all inland shipping is beached or a devastating storm surge.

From Barron's • Nov. 7, 2025

A minke whale has beached and died at Portstewart Strand in County Londonderry.

From BBC • May 26, 2025

The other two beached in La Jolla and Huntington Beach.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 21, 2024

Osh had told me many times—so often that it had become like a bedtime story—how he’d found me in an old skiff that had beached itself on the wrack line overnight.

From "Beyond the Bright Sea" by Lauren Wolk