jetty

Example Sentences

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At the dimly lit town market, a few hundred metres from the jetty, the stalls are still well stocked with fish, shrimp and blue crabs.

From Barron's • Mar. 18, 2026

Local pilots and tugboat crews had said they could take the vessel further out to sea or to a jetty to offload the oil but "were ignored", he claimed.

From BBC • Feb. 14, 2026

And what would have happened if the wall of water had hit the shore while I waited on the jetty to board our ferry?

From BBC • Dec. 25, 2024

Over the weekend, the boardwalk was unusually quiet, except for a few daring surfers who ignored health warnings and rode waves near the jetty, said Venice resident Scott Culbertson.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 22, 2024

The path turned to the left, and a little way along, more like a thickening of the mist than a solid object, a wooden jetty stood crazily out over the water.

From "The Amber Spyglass" by Philip Pullman