Examples of ashore in a Sentence
We docked our boat and went ashore to visit the island.
the seashells that wash ashore after a storm
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Walking back toward the stricken Isabella, Brooks and the marines were cheered by the sight of passengers making it ashore.
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Eric Jay Dolin, Smithsonian Magazine, 6 May 2024
The people came ashore on Rodriguez Key, an uninhabited island located east of Key Largo, Adam Hoffner, assistant chief patrol agent for the U.S. Border Patrol’s Miami sector, told the Herald.
—David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 23 Apr. 2024
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Eric Jay Dolin, Smithsonian Magazine, 6 May 2024
The people came ashore on Rodriguez Key, an uninhabited island located east of Key Largo, Adam Hoffner, assistant chief patrol agent for the U.S. Border Patrol’s Miami sector, told the Herald.
—David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 23 Apr. 2024
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“Ashore.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ashore. Accessed 11 May. 2024.
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ashore
adverb
ə-ˈshō(ə)r 
-ˈshȯ(ə)r
: on or to the shore
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