How to Use coastline in a Sentence

coastline

noun
  • The plane flew along the eastern coastline.
  • But this isn’t the case for all areas of the US coastline.
    Allison Chinchar, CNN, 13 Apr. 2023
  • At the southern end of the park’s coastline is a two-mile beach.
    Christopher Reynoldsstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 29 Dec. 2022
  • If the project succeeds, the groups hope to install them in many places along the state’s coastline.
    Sabrina Shankman, BostonGlobe.com, 1 Dec. 2022
  • Not just the city of Pompeii, but all of the environs and all that whole coastline.
    Cnt Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Sep. 2023
  • The 30-second spot, opening like a tourism ad, shows palm trees and coastlines.
    Amanda Hoover, WIRED, 30 Jan. 2024
  • Around this time, Johnson ordered a course change that would bring the ship closer to the coastline.
    Longreads, 4 May 2023
  • But that scene is largely confined to a few strips of the southern coastline.
    Mark Ellwood, Robb Report, 25 Apr. 2023
  • Gross recently saw some of the effects storms have had on the coastline.
    Abigail Adams, People.com, 10 Oct. 2024
  • The search resumed Monday morning with boats and a plane, while ground teams scoured the coastline on foot.
    Stephen Sorace, Fox News, 28 Nov. 2023
  • Most sirens are located around the coastline and used for tsunamis.
    Daniel S. Levine, Peoplemag, 18 Aug. 2023
  • These are the best places to enjoy the stunning Spanish coastline.
    Jamie Ditaranto, Travel + Leisure, 16 Aug. 2024
  • The outdoor wedding featured a backdrop of the redwoods and the coastline.
    Emily J. Shiffer, Peoplemag, 2 Nov. 2023
  • Alaska’s coastline is shaped by glaciers, which carve out fjords and drain silt into the sea.
    Christian Elliott, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Apr. 2024
  • Ishikawa is the rugged Noto coastline and the serene Kenrokuen Gardens.
    Lauren Mowery, Forbes, 28 Mar. 2024
  • With most of the state’s coastline in private hands, 1,500 feet of shoreline is not nothing.
    Tom Condon, Hartford Courant, 29 July 2024
  • Launching in June 2024, the new overnight journey will trail through the French countryside and along the coastline of the Mediterranean.
    Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 13 Dec. 2023
  • The toll is expected to climb and Beryl’s passage along the Jamaican coastline could add to it.
    Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 3 July 2024
  • Surf is expected to range from 2 to 4 feet along the San Diego County coastline.
    Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 May 2023
  • The track of the storm as forecast has the center of the storm hundred of miles east of the coastline, but the impacts on the western side can still be notable.
    Dave Epstein, BostonGlobe.com, 14 Sep. 2023
  • All of these measures are already widely used on coastlines around the world.
    Daniel A. Gross, The New Yorker, 5 Nov. 2023
  • This 200-mile stretch of coastline has one of the highest rates of erosion and sea level rise in New Zealand.
    Rachel Pannett, Washington Post, 27 Oct. 2023
  • And yet, the kitchen in question isn’t located along an beachy coastline.
    Madeleine Luckel, Architectural Digest, 16 July 2024
  • The search covered many paths and wooded areas where Abbie might have walked, along with a search of the coastline.
    Dateline Nbc, NBC News, 6 Dec. 2022
  • Start your visit by basking on the sands at Sombrero Beach and explore the coastline from there.
    Caroline Rogers, Southern Living, 2 Apr. 2024
  • Completed in 2010, the homes are situated atop a bluff on the edge of a steep, rocky coastline.
    Emma Reynolds, Robb Report, 4 July 2024
  • During the latter half of the morning and into the afternoon on Tuesday, the rain will turn to snow right at the coastline.
    Dave Epstein, BostonGlobe.com, 14 Mar. 2023
  • Take his ‘Comb of the Wind’ series, still protruding from the Gipuzkoa coastline after 46 years.
    Henry Flynn, Forbes, 27 Sep. 2024
  • And the acrid smell of petroleum polluted the coastline’s air.
    Tony Briscoe, Los Angeles Times, 14 Oct. 2024
  • These coastlines are not only highly exposed to hurricanes but also to sea-level rise fueled by climate change.
    Farah Nibbs, The Conversation, 22 Oct. 2024

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