debarkation

Example Sentences

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After all, that country has quite a grim history to be the debarkation point for so many migrants.

From Salon • Jul. 23, 2023

Merchants then used these Atlantic outposts as debarkation points for subsequent journeys.

From Textbooks • Dec. 30, 2014

Plymouth Rock, however, was at first more directly tied to a different occasion: Forefathers’ Day, or Landing Day, on December 22, commemorating the debarkation of the Mayflower passengers in 1620.

From Time • Nov. 25, 2014

Yet debarkation the next morning was so fast, there was no time to sing, “It’s time for us to leave her, Johnny.”

From New York Times • Feb. 14, 2011

At 3:20 in the morning, wide awake in his bunk, Ishmael heard the order delivered to the troop hold: “All marines lay topside to your debarkation stations!’

From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson