sandbank
Example Sentences
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In Bulgaria, a cruise ship got stuck on a sandbank on the Danube.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026
Last week, 186 passengers had to be brought ashore from a Viking cruise liner that hit a sandbank because of low water levels near the city of Vidin in Bulgaria.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026
The BBC understands the boy may have been stranded on a sandbank when he was cut off from the shore.
From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2026
The whale, dubbed "Timmy" in Germany's media, was initially spotted stuck on sandbank on March 23.
From Barron's ● May 16, 2026
I walked through tall grasses up a sandbank to a stand of pawpaw trees with clusters of fruit and climbed up the thickest trunk.
From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo
