riverbank
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
See Examples For:
About 210 million years ago, two early relatives of modern crocodiles stood near each other among the low ferns of a humid riverbank in what is now northern New Mexico.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 30, 2026
Insp Neil Pryce said witnesses and items left on the riverbank indicated where the boy may have entered the water.
From BBC ● May 31, 2026
To visit by car, you’ve got to take the expressway south to an easy-to-miss exit and make two quick U-turns down to the riverbank.
From Slate ● May 27, 2026
He returned with a snippet of film documenting one of the most notorious cryptid sightings in history—a fleeting, jittery glimpse of a hairy figure crossing a riverbank.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 12, 2026
Ellidyr shrugged and strode down the riverbank into the shallows where he looked closely at the half-sunken Crochan.
From "The Black Cauldron" by Lloyd Alexander
Constant nibbling of more than 200 species of plants means riverbanks thrive and their water front burrows improve soils.
From BBC ● Jun. 30, 2026
Meanwhile, environmental restoration has made some of Brazil’s urban riverbanks and lagoons friendlier to capybaras.
From Slate ● May 27, 2026
Fifteen years ago, Beijing's Liangma riverbanks would have been smog-choked and deserted in winter, but these days they are dotted with families and exercising pensioners most mornings.
From Barron's ● Feb. 17, 2026
Meanwhile, Sino Metals bulldozers have been leveling ground and removing dried tailings from riverbanks and gardens, which could make such an investigation more difficult.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2025
The more she wailed about Pong drowning, the less likely the villagers would listen to Nok and start searching the riverbanks.
From "A Wish in the Dark" by Christina Soontornvat
