sand bar
Example Sentences
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Within a few minutes, water from the Kakhovka reservoir began cascading through the shattered dam, submerging the river’s sand bar islands and flooding much of southern Ukraine, including Russian-controlled territory.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 18, 2023
“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
He swam languorously out to the raft, held on a moment, and swam languorously back to where he could stand on the sand bar.
From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller
