shoreline

Example Sentences

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After the last Ice Age, rising seas and coastal erosion carved and exposed the towering structures along the shoreline.

From Science Daily • Apr. 30, 2026

The path is a continuous trail, allowing walkers to explore the country's shoreline on foot.

From BBC • Apr. 20, 2026

Nine countries, at any time, could use their Persian and Oman Gulf shoreline to frighten risk-averse captains and insurers from using the strait.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

Seizing Kharg Island and the islands near the mainland would require an amphibious landing on a contested shoreline, among “the hardest operations” a military can attempt, and one that Iran is almost certainly prepared for.

From Salon • Apr. 3, 2026

The three men followed the shoreline, past a cove where an old fishing pier jutted into the water.

From "Earthquake Terror" by Peg Kehret