the docks

plural noun

: the area in a town or city that has rows of docks, offices, and other buildings

We went down to the docks to watch the ships come in.

Examples of the docks in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

His next group, Widowmaker, enjoyed some modest success with their two late Seventies albums, but by the early Eighties Ellis was done with music, living in the South of England, and happily working on the docks. — Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 3 Nov. 2026

After leaving Widowmaker, Ellis stepped away from the music industry and took a job working at the docks in England. — Mitchell Peters, Billboard, 3 Nov. 2026

Catch at the docks is often worth more than $500 million annually. — ABC News, 14 Oct. 2026

Among the new rackets were providing cheap workers to new industries, ruling the docks of large port cities, extorting money from trading companies, and working for political parties to intimidate rival voters. — Ian Buruma, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2026