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

It was finally towed to a jetty on 21 February, ending six days of dramatic scenes which had made headlines around the world.

From BBC • Feb. 14, 2026

Robert Smithson had bulldozed dirt and rocks to build a spiral jetty coiling out into Utah’s Great Salt Lake.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 9, 2025

Just as we pulled out from the harbour, the boat lurched and suddenly the jetty next to where we had boarded crumpled and fell into the sea.

From BBC • Dec. 25, 2024

As if it were a tale of Greek myth and the gods had heard the cry, the ship banged against the skull-shaped jetty.

From "Beauty Queens" by Libba Bray