How to Use shoreline in a Sentence
shoreline
noun- The road runs along the shoreline.
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The beach house rests along 2,000 feet of sandy shoreline.
—Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 22 Oct. 2024
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The shoreline will range from the upper 80s to the lower 90s.
—Hartford Courant, 18 July 2022
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Their roots also hold down the sand and keep the shoreline in place.
—Amanda Milkovits, BostonGlobe.com, 2 June 2023
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The shoreline has continued to shift in the weeks since.
—Leia Larsen, The Salt Lake Tribune, 19 July 2022
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The drive winds through forests, mountains, and shorelines.
—Jacqueline Dole, Travel + Leisure, 29 Mar. 2024
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The mountains came right up to the shoreline and there were no roadways.
—cincinnati.com, 26 May 2022
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Hike along the 6-mile Sugar Cane Trail, or go for a swim at the sandy beach shoreline.
—Symiah Dorsey, Southern Living, 11 May 2025
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The island’s shoreline is steep; the bottom drops sharply to depths of 50 or more feet.
—New York Times, 20 Oct. 2021
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While the shoreline will be off-limits, much of the park remains open.
—Jason D. Greenblatt, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Apr. 2025
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Boat ramps, docks and beaches would be installed on some of the 189 miles of shoreline.
—Brian Maffly, The Salt Lake Tribune, 2 Feb. 2022
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To this day, old docks, piers and caissons are all submerged along the shoreline.
—Caitlin Looby, Journal Sentinel, 2 May 2024
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These beaches are like open wounds to the condos, homes, and hotels that line the shoreline.
—Richard Tribou, Orlando Sentinel, 10 Nov. 2022
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Its vibrant red and navy stripes make a bold statement that’s sure to turn heads along the shoreline.
—Rachel Klein, Popular Mechanics, 27 June 2022
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The result is a shoreline that looks more desert than oasis.
—Gwendolyn Wu, San Francisco Chronicle, 13 Oct. 2021
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Cedar Point is opening a new Boardwalk area along the Lake Erie shoreline.
—Craig Webb, The Enquirer, 2 May 2023
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Gulls run across beaches, mouths open wide, and gorge on the throngs of adults covering the shoreline.
—Leia Larsen, The Salt Lake Tribune, 8 Nov. 2022
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The decline has for years forced crews to push the docks forward to reach the lake’s receding shoreline.
—Grace Tooheystaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 19 Jan. 2023
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By Thursday, with only wisps of clouds in the sky, the men gathered at the pebbled shoreline.
—Mike Baker, New York Times, 29 Jan. 2023
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Sometimes, the bodies were fastened to the boats and paddled to an opening in the shoreline.
—Chris Kenning, USA TODAY, 30 Oct. 2024
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That event will send tides of gas and dust washing up against the lethal shoreline of the black holes in both galaxies.
—John Johnson Jr., Los Angeles Times, 23 Sep. 2022
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On the drive up from Flint, Hall had worried aloud to his brother-in-law that the shoreline might be too packed to find a good spot.
—Dan Egan, jsonline.com, 2 Sep. 2021
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Policing the French shoreline has proved a huge challenge.
—David Luhnow, WSJ, 6 Nov. 2022
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In total, there’s a mile of private shoreline and 2,000 feet of sandy beach on the ocean and more beach on Lake Tashmoo.
—Emma Reynolds, Forbes, 13 Nov. 2023
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In the video recorded by Nelson's son, the bear is seen swimming close to the shoreline as Nelson calls 911.
—Julia Gomez, USA Today, 4 June 2025
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The shoreline along the river is papered with autumn leaves and some of the brightest foliage around.
—Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 25 Sep. 2023
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The dry-up has resulted in a decrease in the lake's shoreline and with it the emergence of relics that were lying on the lake's floor.
—John Kapetaneas, ABC News, 27 Oct. 2022
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When fog slides in from the sea, the rocky shoreline’s sharp shapes soften, as if covered by a wedding veil.
—Walter Nicklin, Washington Post, 13 Aug. 2022
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After setting sail from Connecticut, the ship made it within a mile of the shoreline before a leak in the vessel dragged Goodsell and his small crew to their watery graves, according to the college.
—Alana Wise, NPR, 23 May 2025
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Love on the Beach Plenty of perfumes try to capture the beach in a bottle, but this one truly transports you to a sun-dappled shoreline, somewhere tropical with a breeze carrying the smell of coconuts and salt water.
—Celia Shatzman, Forbes.com, 30 May 2025
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