jetty

Example Sentences

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At the dimly lit town market, a few hundred metres from the jetty, the stalls are still well stocked with fish, shrimp and blue crabs.

From Barron's • Mar. 18, 2026

Local pilots and tugboat crews had said they could take the vessel further out to sea or to a jetty to offload the oil but "were ignored", he claimed.

From BBC • Feb. 14, 2026

“He’s been out on that ocean, on that jetty thousands of times,” Vince said.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2025

And what would have happened if the wall of water had hit the shore while I waited on the jetty to board our ferry?

From BBC • Dec. 25, 2024

And then softer footsteps at the other end of the jetty.

From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler