How to Use breakwater in a Sentence

breakwater

noun

• The third person was able to make his way through the breakwater and get to the boat.
  — Danny Hermosillo, Houston Chronicle, 13 Aug. 2019
• The events on the beach — called the Mole for the breakwater that’s used as a dock — unfold during one week.
  — Manohla Dargis, New York Times, 20 July 2017
• The large waves were not stopped by the King Harbor breakwater.
  — Scott Harrison, latimes.com, 31 May 2017
• The breakwater is an ideal place for a stroll to break up the journey.
  — David Nikel, Forbes, 3 July 2021
• Austin will discharge from the breakwater above the State Harbor. Sault Ste.
  — Elizabeth Hosang, Detroit Free Press, 29 June 2022
• The only portion of the pipeline to be buried was inside the Long Beach breakwater.
  — Thomas Curwen, Los Angeles Times, 14 Oct. 2021
• Great waves dashing against the distant breakwater shook the metal decks by the shore.
  — Tim Hornyak, The Atlantic, 6 Sep. 2023
• At the last stage of the journey, the Sea Lab boats converge on a tiny cove formed inside one of the gaps in the segmented breakwater.
  — Lawrence Specker | [e-mail], al, 2 June 2023
• This project includes 6,000 feet of new reef breakwater along the southern boundary of the refuge on the Gulf of Mexico.
  — Mark Schleifstein, NOLA.com, 18 Apr. 2018
• The air on the long breakwater has the rich, organic smell of hundreds of damp animals.
  — Sallie Tisdale, Harper's magazine, 10 June 2019
• While sand quickly accumulated on the beach north of the breakwater, down south, the beach was starved of sand.
  — Elsa Devienne / Made By History, TIME, 31 July 2024
• The Latin word moles gave us a structural mole: a large breakwater or pier made from piled earth or masonry.
  — Gemma Tarlach, Discover Magazine, 8 Oct. 2019
• But for those who want to do a little swimming from the shore, there is a man made curve of sand at Cove Bay behind a breakwater to calm the currents.
  — Laurie Werner, Forbes, 13 May 2021
• A large 160-foot stone mole, or breakwater, extends along the east side, defining the military zone of the harbor.
  — Jason Daley, Smithsonian, 28 Mar. 2017
• Its hemmed in by a large marina complex on one side and the port's breakwater on other.
  — Chris Woodyard, USA TODAY, 23 July 2019
• The trail has several viewpoints along the rocky shoreline and a breakwater.
  — Peter Marteka, courant.com, 6 July 2018
• The breakwater is a popular place for visitors to sit and watch life around the harbor.
  — Peter Marteka, courant.com, 6 July 2018
• On the edge of Sandy Beach, at the base of the rocky formation that gave this city its name, a breakwater dock juts into the Gulf of California.
  — Rafael Carranza, azcentral, 5 Mar. 2018
• Some miles out to sea, beyond an old breakwater, the misty spouts of whales make rare and treasured appearances.
  — James R. Carroll, USA TODAY, 3 June 2019
• Tours aren't available of the small structure, but visitors can walk along the 2,500-foot breakwater to get a closer look.
  — Chelsey Lewis, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 12 July 2018
• On the other side of the breakwater, an otter dives into the surf and emerges with shellfish to crack open on its furry belly.
  — New York Times, 22 July 2021
• Her father, it was understood, had slipped and fallen off the breakwater, and drowned.
  — Susan Choi, The New Yorker, 31 Aug. 2020
• The ship's route took it about one mile off the breakwater off Milwaukee's outer harbor.
  — Chris Foran, Journal Sentinel, 9 Sep. 2022
• The 65-foot vessel hit the rocks at a Long Beach breakwater at a high rate of speed, the fire department tweeted Thursday morning.
  — Los Angeles Times, 15 July 2021
• Once construction of the breakwaters is completed in 2024, a sand berm and marsh fill will be placed behind them.
  — Margaret Kates | [e-mail], al, 15 Aug. 2023
• In 1899, crowds collected to watch as work began on the breakwater off San Pedro, and over decades the harbor has been dredged and improved.
  — Los Angeles Times, 30 Nov. 2021
• For centuries, hearty folk have trekked up these slopes from the breakwater after a day of fishing mullet, anchovies, hake, and eel.
  — John Oseid, Forbes, 21 Dec. 2021
• But the cold didn't stop guests from venturing across the mile-long rocky breakwater to catch an up-close glimpse of the Rockland Breakwater Lighthouse.
  — Travel + Leisure, 24 Jan. 2022
• Folks with walkers and canes enjoy sitting on the benches just watching and listening to the waves crash against the breakwater.
  — Nancy Coltun Webster, chicagotribune.com, 22 June 2017
• The swimming beach is being relocated to the south closer to the opening in the breakwater that allows more mixing with lake water.
  — Alex Groth, Journal Sentinel, 12 July 2024

Last Updated: 15 Dec 2024