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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The occupying German forces had established a defensive position atop the cliff, stationing several long-range guns that posed a major threat to the Allied troops coming ashore.
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Rachel Treisman, NPR, 7 June 2024
Of the 225 soldiers who came ashore at Pointe du Hoc that day 80 years ago, only 90 were able to walk away and most of them were wounded.
—Michael D. Shear, New York Times, 7 June 2024
The vestiges of battle from the day before—D-Day, June 6, 1944—lined the beach, where soldiers from the United States Army had fought their way ashore as part of the Allied invasion of France during World War II.
—David Kindy, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 June 2024
North Carolina Climate Office Shortly after Frances hit, Hurricane Ivan roared ashore in Alabama and moved inland, bringing 4 to 12 more inches of rain to the French Broad basin over three days.
—Craig E. Colten, Discover Magazine, 30 May 2024
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Rachel Treisman, NPR, 7 June 2024
Of the 225 soldiers who came ashore at Pointe du Hoc that day 80 years ago, only 90 were able to walk away and most of them were wounded.
—Michael D. Shear, New York Times, 7 June 2024
The vestiges of battle from the day before—D-Day, June 6, 1944—lined the beach, where soldiers from the United States Army had fought their way ashore as part of the Allied invasion of France during World War II.
—David Kindy, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 June 2024
North Carolina Climate Office Shortly after Frances hit, Hurricane Ivan roared ashore in Alabama and moved inland, bringing 4 to 12 more inches of rain to the French Broad basin over three days.
—Craig E. Colten, Discover Magazine, 30 May 2024
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ashore
adverb
ə-ˈshō(ə)r 
-ˈshȯ(ə)r
: on or to the shore
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