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

The bus rolled down the ravine and ended up on a riverbank.

From Barron's • Nov. 12, 2025

When the soldiers are out of sight, I get up and lead Rostam down to the riverbank to fill the waterskins.

From "The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams" by Daniel Nayeri