sand bar
Example Sentences
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From a snaggletoothed male, the bear took a quick bite of the back — turned a deep pink color — before discarding him on a sand bar in search of more flavorful fare.
From Seattle Times • Aug. 28, 2022
“It’s moved into the shallows and now sits in a sand bar where it’s breaking the energy of the waves.”
From BBC • Oct. 22, 2021
Local officials confirmed Friday they believe a sand bar shark was the likely culprit in a suspected Maryland shark attack earlier this week.
From Fox News • Aug. 6, 2021
Superb tidal sands reach from Logan Rock to Porthcurno and form a vast sand bar that traps and warms seawater in shallow lagoons.
From The Guardian • Feb. 16, 2016
There was a sand bar not far from the rocks, and stepping carefully on the bottom, which was full of holes, I slowly made my way toward it.
From "Island of the Blue Dolphins" by Scott O'Dell
