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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Godfrey opened his first show by diving off a boat and swimming ashore, where his guests, the McGuire Sisters, greeted him.
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Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 20 Dec. 2025
Colliers gave her five pages, but the magazine’s cover line cited, not Gellhorn, but her husband Ernest Hemingway, who wasn’t allowed to go ashore at all.
—Literary Hub, 18 Dec. 2025
The system was moving ashore in the Pacific Northwest early Wednesday and is expected to track eastward, affecting the region beginning Wednesday night, the weather service said.
—Kansas City Star, 17 Dec. 2025
Boaters can sail right up to the dock and step ashore for a meal on the deck, where the sunset views facing west over the Tolomoto River are a wonder to behold.
—Libby Monteith Minor, Southern Living, 29 Nov. 2025
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Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 20 Dec. 2025
Colliers gave her five pages, but the magazine’s cover line cited, not Gellhorn, but her husband Ernest Hemingway, who wasn’t allowed to go ashore at all.
—Literary Hub, 18 Dec. 2025
The system was moving ashore in the Pacific Northwest early Wednesday and is expected to track eastward, affecting the region beginning Wednesday night, the weather service said.
—Kansas City Star, 17 Dec. 2025
Boaters can sail right up to the dock and step ashore for a meal on the deck, where the sunset views facing west over the Tolomoto River are a wonder to behold.
—Libby Monteith Minor, Southern Living, 29 Nov. 2025
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“Ashore.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ashore. Accessed 27 Dec. 2025.
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ashore
adverb
ə-ˈshō(ə)r 
-ˈshȯ(ə)r
: on or to the shore
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