sandbar
noun
sand·bar
ˈsan(d)-ˌbär 
: a ridge of sand built up by currents especially in a river or in coastal waters
Examples of sandbar in a Sentence
We walked out onto the sandbar at low tide.
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One man aboard the boat knew how to navigate the mangroves and sandbars of the keys, and with the late summer sun beating down on the rafters, the boat pushed out feebly into the open ocean.
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Miriam Pensack, The Dial, 30 Sep. 2025
Rip currents are powerful channels of water flowing quickly away from shore, which occur most often at low spots or breaks in the sandbar and in the vicinity of structures such as jetties and piers.
—Aliss Higham, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Sep. 2025
Just over an hour earlier on the same day, a 45-year-old woman was also swimming near a sandbar at Watersound Beach when a shark bit her around her midsection, pelvis and left arm, according to a Walton County Sheriff's Office press conference.
—Tabitha Parent, PEOPLE, 18 Sep. 2025
McKercher added that the versatile FishPro also can be used for wakeboarding or cruising to a sandbar or waterfront restaurant.
—Steve Waters, Miami Herald, 12 Sep. 2025
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Miriam Pensack, The Dial, 30 Sep. 2025
Rip currents are powerful channels of water flowing quickly away from shore, which occur most often at low spots or breaks in the sandbar and in the vicinity of structures such as jetties and piers.
—Aliss Higham, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Sep. 2025
Just over an hour earlier on the same day, a 45-year-old woman was also swimming near a sandbar at Watersound Beach when a shark bit her around her midsection, pelvis and left arm, according to a Walton County Sheriff's Office press conference.
—Tabitha Parent, PEOPLE, 18 Sep. 2025
McKercher added that the versatile FishPro also can be used for wakeboarding or cruising to a sandbar or waterfront restaurant.
—Steve Waters, Miami Herald, 12 Sep. 2025
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“Sandbar.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sandbar. Accessed 5 Oct. 2025.
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sandbar
noun
sand·bar
-ˌbär
: a ridge of sand formed in water by tides or currents
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