How to Use shoreline in a Sentence
shoreline
noun- The road runs along the shoreline.
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The beach house rests along 2,000 feet of sandy shoreline.
— Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 22 Oct. 2024 -
The shoreline will range from the upper 80s to the lower 90s.
— Hartford Courant, 18 July 2022 -
Their roots also hold down the sand and keep the shoreline in place.
— Amanda Milkovits, BostonGlobe.com, 2 June 2023 -
The shoreline has continued to shift in the weeks since.
— Leia Larsen, The Salt Lake Tribune, 19 July 2022 -
The drive winds through forests, mountains, and shorelines.
— Jacqueline Dole, Travel + Leisure, 29 Mar. 2024 -
The mountains came right up to the shoreline and there were no roadways.
— cincinnati.com, 26 May 2022 -
To this day, old docks, piers and caissons are all submerged along the shoreline.
— Caitlin Looby, Journal Sentinel, 2 May 2024 -
These beaches are like open wounds to the condos, homes, and hotels that line the shoreline.
— Richard Tribou, Orlando Sentinel, 10 Nov. 2022 -
Its vibrant red and navy stripes make a bold statement that’s sure to turn heads along the shoreline.
— Rachel Klein, Popular Mechanics, 27 June 2022 -
Cedar Point is opening a new Boardwalk area along the Lake Erie shoreline.
— Craig Webb, The Enquirer, 2 May 2023 -
Gulls run across beaches, mouths open wide, and gorge on the throngs of adults covering the shoreline.
— Leia Larsen, The Salt Lake Tribune, 8 Nov. 2022 -
The decline has for years forced crews to push the docks forward to reach the lake’s receding shoreline.
— Grace Tooheystaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 19 Jan. 2023 -
By Thursday, with only wisps of clouds in the sky, the men gathered at the pebbled shoreline.
— Mike Baker, New York Times, 29 Jan. 2023 -
Sometimes, the bodies were fastened to the boats and paddled to an opening in the shoreline.
— Chris Kenning, USA TODAY, 30 Oct. 2024 -
That event will send tides of gas and dust washing up against the lethal shoreline of the black holes in both galaxies.
— John Johnson Jr., Los Angeles Times, 23 Sep. 2022 -
Policing the French shoreline has proved a huge challenge.
— David Luhnow, WSJ, 6 Nov. 2022 -
In total, there’s a mile of private shoreline and 2,000 feet of sandy beach on the ocean and more beach on Lake Tashmoo.
— Emma Reynolds, Forbes, 13 Nov. 2023 -
The shoreline along the river is papered with autumn leaves and some of the brightest foliage around.
— Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 25 Sep. 2023 -
The dry-up has resulted in a decrease in the lake's shoreline and with it the emergence of relics that were lying on the lake's floor.
— John Kapetaneas, ABC News, 27 Oct. 2022 -
When fog slides in from the sea, the rocky shoreline’s sharp shapes soften, as if covered by a wedding veil.
— Walter Nicklin, Washington Post, 13 Aug. 2022 -
The girl was swimming near the shoreline of the river when a boat struck her, the sheriff's office said in a press release.
— Angela Cordoba Perez, The Arizona Republic, 30 May 2022 -
His body was found two hours later along the shoreline to the north of the pier, San Diego lifeguard officials said.
— Sacramento Bee, 29 June 2024 -
The shoreline gleamed with the glacier’s blue ice while the sea hummed with life, from the eagles flying overhead to the otters cruising with us.
— Michael Goldstein, Forbes, 11 Oct. 2024 -
The tent sites are located away from the RVs and close to the shoreline and accessed by a paved walking/biking path.
— Idaho Statesman, 31 Jan. 2024 -
On land, an earthen mound echoes the curve of the shoreline and an open pavilion offers shelter.
— Kirsten Swenson, ARTnews.com, 9 Sep. 2024 -
The work is aimed at restoring the beach back to its historical shoreline.
— John Sharp | Jsharp@al.com, al, 6 Sep. 2023 -
Steelhead Where: Not nearly as many anglers play the spring steelhead game along the Great Lakes shoreline as do the fall.
— Joe Cermele, Field & Stream, 14 Mar. 2024 -
But Carlson’s neck of the literal woods in Minnesota is also a shoreline.
— Jeremy Lybarger, ARTnews.com, 6 Jan. 2025 -
Lipscomb hugged the western shoreline, heading south, and noted the large homes, in Grand View-on-Hudson, of some clients from his previous job as a boatyard manager.
— Ben McGrath, The New Yorker, 6 Jan. 2025
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