docks

Example Sentences

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Every now and then sea lions try to colonize the docks used by boaters.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 26, 2026

Elsewhere, police dismantled a makeshift barrier erected by protesters blockading western Galway docks.

From Barron's • Apr. 12, 2026

The port is expecting a slight volume dip in March, followed by a stronger April as retailers and others replenish their stock and spring and summer fashions arrive at its docks.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 17, 2026

Until the mid-19th century, Liverpudlians were described as speaking similarly to their Lancastrian neighbours, until different accents and dialects began mixing as the docks area grew.

From BBC • Mar. 4, 2026

I’ll slip away to the docks at night, that’s what I’ll do, and hide on a Nile boat and go wherever it takes me.

From "The Golden Goblet" by Eloise Jarvis McGraw