esplanade
Example Sentences
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The hearing was told that a parked pop-top caravan meant the two men could not see what was on the road as they walked along part of the esplanade.
From BBC • Jan. 21, 2026
Whenever I return to Batumi, which I’ve done five times, I always do three things: I stroll along the palm-fringed seaside esplanade, admiring the gardens first landscaped in 1881.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 30, 2025
They’ve set up hundreds of tents on the main esplanade.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 22, 2024
The esplanade will be refurbished; visitors will no longer have to line up for tickets outside; and the permanent collections will be rearranged and rehung.
From New York Times • Oct. 3, 2023
But fate decided that my parents and I and the three wise men, as I shall call them, should meet one day on the Goubert Salai seaside esplanade and that my secret should be outed.
From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel
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