waterfront

Example Sentences

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Its cabins did not flood last July, and its waterfront uses a separate body of water, Cypress Creek.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 18, 2026

In the city's waterfront, where hundreds of displaced families have been living in improvised tents, some said they feared returning.

From BBC • Apr. 17, 2026

In theory, should a buyer wish to create a much larger waterfront dwelling, they could scoop up both properties, which would given them a parcel totaling around 0.3 acres.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 9, 2026

David Earl Lopes was born May 3, 1945, and raised in East Providence, R.I., a town of Irish, Portuguese and Cape Verdean immigrants seeking jobs in factories and along the waterfront.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 8, 2026

Docked at the North End waterfront, it was a fireboat, ready to spray tons of ocean water on the many fires that often took place on the wharfs that extended out into the harbor.

From "1919 The Year That Changed America" by Martin W. Sandler