riverbank
Example Sentences
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He cast around the riverbank for food, but saw only the dead wolves, and they smelt too bad even to think about.
From Literature
Rather than building large dams, they sometimes burrow into riverbanks, but often the evidence is more visible.
From BBC
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.
Oteg found a place on the riverbank among some stunted spruce trees.
From Literature
As a series of steamboats and trains carried Elisha’s body from Louisiana to Pennsylvania, thousands of Americans stood on riverbanks and alongside railroad tracks weeping, hats in hands, hands over hearts.
From Literature
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
