Examples of bankside in a Sentence
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What’s unique is how it’s split across three levels: the water level for boats; the upper pavement level for pedestrians; and the central middle level, which houses Utrecht’s wharf cellars, many of which have been transformed into atmospheric bankside cafes, bars, and restaurants.
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Gurdeep Loyal, Condé Nast Traveler, 17 Oct. 2024
And because salmon die after spawning, their carcasses contribute nutrients like nitrogen to the stream, especially when trapped by woody debris that falls in as bankside trees mature.
—Lesley Evans Ogden, Discover Magazine, 7 Apr. 2023
There’s room for floodwaters to slow down and spread out, instead of sweeping away bankside trees and plants.
—Paul Voosen, Science | AAAS, 18 Aug. 2020
Behind those bankside reeds lay hardwood forests, which axmen cleared next.
—Richard Campanella, NOLA.com, 10 Jan. 2018
Whatever the origins, it's been called Algiers for well over 200 years.
Algiers' bankside position, too, had a fluid vocabulary.
—Richard Campanella, NOLA.com, 8 Aug. 2017
The Rising Tide by Jason deCaires Taylor (2015) – Jason deCaires Taylor's installation of the Four Horseman has been placed near the bankside of Vauxall Bridge.
—CNN, 17 July 2017
In 2012 the management of Shakespeare’s Globe — the splendid replica of the Elizabethan open-air playhouse, built on the bankside of the Thames in London — was considering possible eye-catching new initiatives.
—Stephen Greenblatt, New York Times, 21 Apr. 2017
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Gurdeep Loyal, Condé Nast Traveler, 17 Oct. 2024
And because salmon die after spawning, their carcasses contribute nutrients like nitrogen to the stream, especially when trapped by woody debris that falls in as bankside trees mature.
—Lesley Evans Ogden, Discover Magazine, 7 Apr. 2023
There’s room for floodwaters to slow down and spread out, instead of sweeping away bankside trees and plants.
—Paul Voosen, Science | AAAS, 18 Aug. 2020
Behind those bankside reeds lay hardwood forests, which axmen cleared next.
—Richard Campanella, NOLA.com, 10 Jan. 2018
Whatever the origins, it's been called Algiers for well over 200 years.
Algiers' bankside position, too, had a fluid vocabulary.
—Richard Campanella, NOLA.com, 8 Aug. 2017
The Rising Tide by Jason deCaires Taylor (2015) – Jason deCaires Taylor's installation of the Four Horseman has been placed near the bankside of Vauxall Bridge.
—CNN, 17 July 2017
In 2012 the management of Shakespeare’s Globe — the splendid replica of the Elizabethan open-air playhouse, built on the bankside of the Thames in London — was considering possible eye-catching new initiatives.
—Stephen Greenblatt, New York Times, 21 Apr. 2017
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“Bankside.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bankside. Accessed 19 Jul. 2025.
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