shoreline

Example Sentences

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A lakefront homeowner likened his neighbor’s shoreline walks to a home invasion in a dispute that could go to the Wisconsin Supreme Court.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026

Should the chemical spread, it could cause an environmental disaster, destroy the shoreline and possibly enter the water supply.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 24, 2026

Old stone walls near the shoreline were flattened, while the Exmoor bay's shingle ridge was breached and moved inland by around 90 metres, creating a salt marsh which was left to its natural course.

From BBC • May 4, 2026

After the last Ice Age, rising seas and coastal erosion carved and exposed the towering structures along the shoreline.

From Science Daily • Apr. 30, 2026

Finally, the sailors pull open the hatch and send down reports: We have entered a bay; there are tall trees along a sandy shoreline.

From "Blood on the River" by Elisa Carbone