wash ashore

idiom

: to bring (something) onto the shore by waves

A lot of debris was washed ashore during the storm.

Examples of wash ashore in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Another possibility is that hominins living on the coast of mainland Southeast Asia could have been swept out to sea by a tsunami, and some of them could have been lucky enough to survive the misadventure and wash ashore someplace like Sulawesi, Flores, or Luzon (RIP to any others). —ArsTechnica, 7 Aug. 2025

Mediterranean waters wash ashore the balmy summer sands of Barcelona’s beaches as over 290,000 festival-goers assemble to dance the night away to the sounds of performing artists at 2025 Primavera Sound Barcelona. —Malik Peay, Essence, 12 June 2025

Some of these robots, still packed in their boxes, wash ashore on a remote island. —Marc Weingarten, Los Angeles Times, 11 June 2025

To get to the BWCA, hop on Highway 61, stop at Knife River, and collect a few intricately detailed agates that wash ashore as souvenirs. —Explore Minnesota, AFAR Media, 30 Apr. 2025

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