sandbar
Example Sentences
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Work has been continuing along the coast to replenish beaches stripped of sand and to remove a sandbar that partially blocked the harbour at West Bay following south-easterly storms.
From BBC • Feb. 24, 2026
Covering four representative species—the great white, the sandbar, the small-spotted catshark and the spiny dogfish—Daniel C. Abel and Sophie A. Maycock deliver breadth without sacrificing depth.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 21, 2025
Bar push is caused when deposition on the inside of a bend forms a sandbar, which pushes the curve outward.
From Science Daily • Apr. 24, 2024
Police and wildlife officials began trying to free the male whale from the shallow sandbar off the beach in Venice on Sunday morning.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 11, 2024
“Tides comin’ in and out this openin’ here push the sand up along the edge, creatin’ the sandbar.
From "Red Kayak" by Priscilla Cummings
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
