riverbank

Example Sentences

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Juvisy-sur-Orge Mayor Lamia Bensara Reda said the driver had "lost control" of the vehicle near a station close to the riverbank, "before plunging into the Seine and dragging a parked car" with it.

From BBC • Apr. 30, 2026

He’d leave their two dozen sheep by the riverbank and catch fish, or search for bird eggs in the reeds with his friends.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 13, 2026

The zone will cover an area bounded by St Vincent Place, Glassford Street/Stockwell Street, to the far side of the riverbank, and York Street/West Campbell Street.

From BBC • Feb. 26, 2026

"It rained a lot, the riverbank collapsed even further, and civil defense called us to evacuate," Luiz Otavio Souza, a 35-year-old salesman who had to leave his home and whose nephew is missing, told AFP.

From Barron's • Feb. 26, 2026

Taran stumbled down the riverbank and leaped to a boulder, feverishly grasping for his weapon.

From "The Black Cauldron" by Lloyd Alexander