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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Experience the bluffs, forests and sandbars of the lower Mississippi on an outing with Quapaw Canoe Company.
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Laura Kiniry, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 June 2025
On May 26, a 39-foot Sea Ray burst into flames in the Intracoastal Waterway, near the large sandbar by the New River.
—Devoun Cetoute, Miami Herald, 4 June 2025
On July 19th, the ship broke up amid a violent storm, having run aground on a sandbar just three hundred yards off Fire Island, New York.
—James Marcus, New Yorker, 2 June 2025
After the crash, the ferry came to rest on a sandbar just south of the bridge.
—Christopher Cann, USA Today, 29 Apr. 2025
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Laura Kiniry, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 June 2025
On May 26, a 39-foot Sea Ray burst into flames in the Intracoastal Waterway, near the large sandbar by the New River.
—Devoun Cetoute, Miami Herald, 4 June 2025
On July 19th, the ship broke up amid a violent storm, having run aground on a sandbar just three hundred yards off Fire Island, New York.
—James Marcus, New Yorker, 2 June 2025
After the crash, the ferry came to rest on a sandbar just south of the bridge.
—Christopher Cann, USA Today, 29 Apr. 2025
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“Sandbar.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sandbar. Accessed 30 Jun. 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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