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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Dale’s favorite jaguar hound, Lily, was at the bow of the first boat, eager to get ashore.
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Delbert L. Chears, Outdoor Life, 5 Mar. 2026
Julia Phillips followed, soon after, with Bear, a novel about two sisters, caring for their dying mother, and their sudden, contrasting relationships with a lone male grizzly bear that swims ashore their island, off the Oregon coast.
—Literary Hub, 3 Mar. 2026
If some snow does come ashore, amounts would be very light.
—Terry Eliasen, CBS News, 24 Feb. 2026
During the season, the enormous marine reptiles come ashore to lay their eggs, which hatch and make their way back to the ocean after about two months in the nest.
—Lois K. Solomon, Sun Sentinel, 20 Feb. 2026
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Delbert L. Chears, Outdoor Life, 5 Mar. 2026
Julia Phillips followed, soon after, with Bear, a novel about two sisters, caring for their dying mother, and their sudden, contrasting relationships with a lone male grizzly bear that swims ashore their island, off the Oregon coast.
—Literary Hub, 3 Mar. 2026
If some snow does come ashore, amounts would be very light.
—Terry Eliasen, CBS News, 24 Feb. 2026
During the season, the enormous marine reptiles come ashore to lay their eggs, which hatch and make their way back to the ocean after about two months in the nest.
—Lois K. Solomon, Sun Sentinel, 20 Feb. 2026
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“Ashore.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ashore. Accessed 9 Mar. 2026.
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ashore
adverb
ə-ˈshō(ə)r 
-ˈshȯ(ə)r
: on or to the shore
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