How to Use waterfront in a Sentence

waterfront

noun
  • Fred Mitchell walked around back to check the waterfront.
    Molly Hennessy-Fiske, Washington Post, 1 Sep. 2023
  • The waterfront Tides Folly Beach hotel is a great place to book your stay.
    Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 28 Nov. 2023
  • Our guests really enjoy the short walk down to the waterfront.
    Demarco Williams, Forbes, 12 Feb. 2024
  • On a chilly night, in a tin shed on the Sausalito waterfront, a meeting is called to order.
    Elena Kadvany, San Francisco Chronicle, 27 Mar. 2023
  • The pro bike race is a loop around the waterfront by Veterans Park, and the athletes will circle it seven times on the bike alone.
    Lori Nickel, Journal Sentinel, 30 July 2023
  • The Anchor, a sprawling waterfront beer garden, offers plenty of space to move around and a clear line of sight to the fireworks barge.
    Todd Plummer, Condé Nast Traveler, 4 July 2023
  • How to tackle the longest uninterrupted waterfront bike path in the world—and the city—on two wheels, and where to eat and sleep in between.
    Jonny Bierman, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 Feb. 2023
  • Spectators got a close-up view of the action from the grandstands set up on the San Pedro waterfront, with the start and finish line just yards away.
    Los Angeles Times, 28 July 2023
  • Similarly, Poland's Szczecin is a beloved waterfront city that's just a quick, two-hour train trip from Berlin.
    Chris Heasman, Travel + Leisure, 4 Aug. 2023
  • The port now plans to turn Del Monte’s location on the waterfront into a fourth cruise ship terminal.
    John Wayne Ferguson, San Antonio Express-News, 25 Dec. 2023
  • There will be food and drink specials, live DJ sets and views overlooking the Napa waterfront.
    Anne Schrager, San Francisco Chronicle, 16 May 2023
  • Just in time for vacay, browse all the cutest, totally-shoppable outfits that would look right at home on the waterfront.
    Briannah Rivera, Seventeen, 31 Jan. 2023
  • Beyond economics, the hurdle is that the port’s stretch of the San Francisco waterfront was owned by the state until 1968.
    John King, San Francisco Chronicle, 15 Mar. 2023
  • While locals might need to put their waterfront walks on pause, the burgeoning bloom is also poised to cause a major halt in tourism.
    Kelsey Mulvey, House Beautiful, 15 Mar. 2023
  • The new Newburyport garage, which is on Titcomb Street, is between Route 1 — the main access point for the city – and the downtown, just two blocks before the west lot on the waterfront.
    Billy Baker, BostonGlobe.com, 18 Sep. 2023
  • In the background were the waterfront and a newish luxury apartment building.
    John Leland, New York Times, 19 Nov. 2023
  • Anyone who has ever had the privilege of living on the waterfront will tell you that this is living.
    Lauren Beale, Forbes, 28 Nov. 2023
  • It’s described as perfect for offshore fishing, sandbars and heading to the waterfront for a bite to eat.
    William Thornton | Wthornton@al.com, al, 23 Aug. 2023
  • Houses that are anywhere from three to four million, which would be a bit of a starter home these days in the Hamptons, to as much as a $150 million waterfront estate.
    Degen Pener, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 Mar. 2024
  • For dinner seafood is a popular menu item at restaurants along the waterfront.
    James Barrett, ELLE Decor, 27 July 2023
  • Of course, that prime position also means that a number of rooms at both hotels offer guests views of the waterfront.
    Liz Cantrell, Travel + Leisure, 11 July 2023
  • Over the years, the birds have become something of an attraction for the small park about a block from the waterfront at Thames and S. Wolfe streets, alongside its bustling jungle gym and pavilion.
    Christine Condon, Baltimore Sun, 5 Sep. 2023
  • The company has 3,400 workers, making it among the largest companies on the San Diego waterfront.
    Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Mar. 2023
  • The weather is mild, the valley’s residents are friendly, and the small towns along the waterfront are ridiculously charming.
    Sarah Kuta, Travel + Leisure, 10 Oct. 2023
  • For example, a waterfront home that last sold for $7.4 million went for about $50 million.
    Elizabeth Robinson, NBC News, 20 Oct. 2023
  • No surprise, given it's located at The Cloud, which is on the waterfront a few hundred feet from where the shooting happened.
    Nancy Armour, USA TODAY, 19 July 2023
  • The actress posed in a black-and-yellow polka dot dress against a stunning waterfront backdrop in a post on Instagram.
    Hannah Chubb, Peoplemag, 1 Sep. 2023
  • After basking in the sun, head to the waterfront Kontokosta Winery to enjoy ocean views with your vino.
    Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 17 May 2023
  • There’s direct waterfront access with private boat slips, deck with loungers, and room for water toys, such as kayaks and paddle boards.
    Emma Reynolds, Robb Report, 15 Mar. 2023
  • Along the waterfront there is still a large fossil fuel power plant — natural gas now, the coal is gone — and there is a trash-to-energy plant that burns garbage.
    Jan Ellen Spiegel, Hartford Courant, 22 Jan. 2023

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