sandbank

Example Sentences

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It was initially freed from a sandbank by German environmental workers, who dug a channel so it could swim away.

From BBC • May 31, 2026

The corridor ends in a sandbank, which is easy to get over into a second chamber, but "which could limit visibility" when attempting to leave again, Marroni said.

From Barron's • May 21, 2026

The whale became stuck on a sandbank on 23 March before being rescued days later - only to swim into shallow waters on Poel Island, further down the Baltic Sea coast.

From BBC • Apr. 1, 2026

The stricken vessel was later found on a sandbank.

From Barron's • Jan. 2, 2026

“So you’ll have to take a boat. Crocodile Guts’s boat was pulled up on a sandbank when he died. I doubt whether anyone has disturbed it.”

From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer