Examples of sandbank in a Sentence

The ship ran aground on a sandbank.

Recent Examples on the Web Adding to the problems, there has been extensive tourism development on the narrow, 13-mile sandbank known as La Manga, or the Sleeve, that separates the Mar Menor from the Mediterranean. — New York Times, 17 Oct. 2021 Adding to the problems, there has been extensive tourism development on the narrow, 13-mile sandbank known as La Manga, or the Sleeve, that separates the Mar Menor from the Mediterranean. — BostonGlobe.com, 18 Oct. 2021 The initial plotline actually happened to Goswami-Banerjee and her husband, Amitava Banerjee, whose boat got marooned on a sandbank during a trip to the Sundarbans, and the forestry service tried to help. — Rachel Kramer Bussel, Forbes, 15 Oct. 2021 Other programming is available to wellness guests as well, including off-island experiences on a private sandbank, sunset dinners, and more. — Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 3 Oct. 2021 In one of the largest cases of whale beaching ever recorded globally, Australian rescuers last year saved 108 of the 470 whales that landed on a wide, remote sandbank in the rugged Macquarie Harbour of Tasmania. — Alyssa Lukpat, New York Times, 31 July 2021 Back on firmer soil again, Wilbrink pointed out Engelsmanplaat, a historically significant sandbank with a birdwatching tower. — Washington Post, 13 Aug. 2021 Trying to keep everyone healthy and safe, spirits high, and the world afloat during a global pandemic has been a little bit like trying to dig a 200,000-ton ship out of a sandbank and push it through a very thin passage. — Lydia Wang, refinery29.com, 29 Mar. 2021 On the night of the attack, Sept. 3, 2009, Taliban fighters hijacked two tankers carrying NATO fuel and then got stuck on a sandbank in the Kunduz River, about four miles from the NATO base in the northern city of Kunduz. — New York Times, 16 Feb. 2021

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