riverbank

Example Sentences

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He’d leave their two dozen sheep by the riverbank and catch fish, or search for bird eggs in the reeds with his friends.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 13, 2026

One of the most staggering is simply pollution: a jungle riverbank heaped with trashed tires.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026

He returned with a snippet of film documenting one of the most notorious cryptid sightings in history—a fleeting, jittery glimpse of a hairy figure crossing a riverbank.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 12, 2026

On Monday an AFP photographer saw dozens of curious locals taking advantage of sunny weather to walk among the ice blocks washed up on the riverbank.

From Barron's • Jan. 19, 2026

They then began the grueling task of lugging the seven empty canoes out of the river and up the steep riverbank to the portage.

From "Death on the River of Doubt" by Samantha Seiple