sandbank

Example Sentences

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Earlier this year, a migrant boat navigating on that route slammed into a sandbank just off a Calabrian beach town and broke apart.

From Seattle Times

Jordan Grebby, from HM Coastguard, said it appeared that the whale had become stranded on a sandbank in the surf.

From BBC

Just offshore, the boat, rocked by tall waves, slammed into a sandbank, splintering and rapidly taking on water.

From Seattle Times

A wooden boat that had sailed from Turkey ran into sandbank in rough seas off a beach in Calabria, the toe of the Italian peninsula.

From Seattle Times

Floyd’s Pelican Bar, built from driftwood and palm fronds on a sandbank in the middle of the ocean, has to be the area’s best-known spot.

From New York Times