How to Use the seashore in a Sentence
the seashore
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Dust of a moth, half a palm wide, and the crickets a busy tide at the seashore, when this was a sea.
—David Baker, The New Yorker, 1 Nov. 2021
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But can seers see Cici selling seashells by the seashore?
—Discover Magazine, 19 Nov. 2019
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And voilà: a bit of the seashore right in your home—and no watering necessary!
—Nathalie Kirby, House Beautiful, 27 Apr. 2021
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With ranked choice, voters state their preferences in order: First, the seashore, and if not that, a resort, and if not that, then the city.
—Michael Wines, New York Times, 8 Feb. 2024
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In the Byzantine case, that meant the seashore up to the high tide line, which was protected from private ownership.
—oregonlive, 23 Oct. 2020
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When she was given her mount, a beautiful mare named Jenny, the wind whipped sand from the seashore causing the horse to bolt and Olivia to land on a hard patch of ground.
—Nancy Gould Chuda, Town & Country, 15 Nov. 2022
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On a street running down to the seashore, 43-year-old Abdulrazzak Mustafa stepped outside briefly to check on the rains, then slipped back inside.
—Sarah Dadouch, Washington Post, 5 Oct. 2023
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Sighting the beach at Sanibel Island brings a smile to Bogaerts, who is nattily attired for the seashore.
—Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 28 Mar. 2022
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Backed by then-low interest rates and pandemic-era savings, many sought second homes, in the mountains, near the seashore, or the suburbs.
—Tristan Bove, Fortune, 13 Apr. 2022
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Homero Blanco, the state commander of the National Guard, said beaches at the resort had been ordered closed and Guard troops were sent to clear people from the seashore.
—CBS News, 21 Oct. 2023
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At first, beachgoers landed on Scenic Highway 30A the same way sand settles on the seashore: slowly and without much fanfare.
—Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 26 Feb. 2024
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They're found everywhere from the mountains to the seashore and even in urban neighborhoods just miles from downtown Honolulu.
—Audrey McAvoy, ajc, 6 Apr. 2023
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Program leaders will provide attendees with guide books to identify plants and algae that live on the seashore.
—Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 9 Aug. 2023
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In four of the pictures, Jenner has coordinated her lime green crocheted thong bikini with the green cushions of her chaise, which is pulled right up to the seashore, and her coconut bevvy.
—Kathleen Walsh, Glamour, 9 Jan. 2024
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Panicked tourists were evacuated from hotels in Antalya and Mugla on Saturday as a fire swept down a hill towards the seashore.
—NBC News, 30 July 2021
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The moves came just ahead of Italy's biggest summer holiday, Ferragosto, which millions of Italians celebrate at the seashore, in the mountains or on trips abroad.
—Sylvie Corbet, Star Tribune, 14 Aug. 2020
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Jessica promoted the September premiere of the reality show and posted images of herself by the seashore and on a girls’ day out at a Veuve Clicquot event.
—Andrea Marks, Rolling Stone, 23 July 2023
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The area is a popular spot for learning about history and archaeology, and the seashore itself is the longest stretch of undeveloped coastline in the state.
—Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 15 June 2023
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The researchers conclude that of the 36 Neanderthals that left these footprints, 11 were children; the group may have been hunting for birds and small animals, fishing, searching for shellfish… or just frolicking on the seashore.
—Briana Pobiner and Ryan McRae, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 Dec. 2021
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Rerouting rail lines away from collapsing coastal bluffs and, someday, moving entire neighborhoods off the seashore are quite another.
—Michael Smolens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Feb. 2024
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Despite Hurricane Ian's wrath on the famous Florida island, Sanibel may continue to be the place for seashells by the seashore, but the storm's effects could still cause a grim situation for the marine ecosystem.
—Samantha Neely, USA TODAY, 29 Oct. 2022
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Or see a suite of 24 large-scale photographs of the seashore, made from existing publicity photographs of Marilyn Monroe frolicking at the beach.
—Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 15 Nov. 2023
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Environmental groups, led by the Center for Biological Diversity, sued, saying the park had never studied the environmental impact of ranching on the seashore as the law required.
—Matthew Polvorosa Kline, National Geographic, 30 Sep. 2020
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