sandbank

Example Sentences

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A rusting cargo ship now lies stranded on a sandbank in the blue lagoon, where only a handful of fishing boats float around.

From Barron's • Feb. 1, 2026

The stricken vessel was later found on a sandbank.

From Barron's • Jan. 2, 2026

On Sunday night, the Castlemore ran aground on a sandbank in the storm and the traffickers on the trawler had to call the Irish coastguard to save them.

From BBC • Sep. 8, 2025

In a 2019 police interview played to the court he told officers he was trying to reach a sandbank, according to reports by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation.

From BBC • Dec. 12, 2024

“So you’ll have to take a boat. Crocodile Guts’s boat was pulled up on a sandbank when he died. I doubt whether anyone has disturbed it.”

From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer