sandbank

Example Sentences

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The whale became stuck on a sandbank on 23 March before being rescued days later - only to swim into shallow waters on Poel Island, further down the Baltic Sea coast.

From BBC • Apr. 1, 2026

The 344 huts on the sandbank near Christchurch can only be used overnight for part of the year but can sell for hundreds of thousands of pounds.

From BBC • Jan. 7, 2026

The stricken vessel was later found on a sandbank.

From Barron's • Jan. 2, 2026

On a recent morning, Salas brushed dirt away from a palm-sized rock grinding tool that he found protruding from a sandbank.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 8, 2023

I walked through tall grasses up a sandbank to a stand of pawpaw trees with clusters of fruit and climbed up the thickest trunk.

From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo