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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Because of the challenges of hunting and harvesting blue whales, Szabo’s team of researchers had expected to find more evidence of smaller whales like pilot whales and minke whales, which would have been easier to drive ashore and butcher and, today at least, are more abundant.
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Andrew Chapman, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 May 2024
On Friday, the first aid trucks began moving ashore.
—Adam Rasgon, New York Times, 23 May 2024
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Andrew Chapman, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 May 2024
On Friday, the first aid trucks began moving ashore.
—Adam Rasgon, New York Times, 23 May 2024
See all Example Sentences for ashore
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“Ashore.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ashore. Accessed 3 Jun. 2024.
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ashore
adverb
ə-ˈshō(ə)r 
-ˈshȯ(ə)r
: on or to the shore
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