How to Use ashore in a Sentence

ashore

adverb
  • We docked our boat and went ashore to visit the island.
  • The force of nature came ashore near Keaton Beach with record wind gusts and storm surges.
    Angel Saunders, Peoplemag, 31 Aug. 2023
  • The wolves swam ashore from the mainland in 2013 and found a buffet of Sitka black-tailed deer.
    Byjack Tamisiea, science.org, 23 Jan. 2023
  • The females all gather in one place and head ashore to lay their eggs.
    Monica Cull, Discover Magazine, 7 July 2023
  • Covered in gifts from the sea, this DIY coastal wreath sets a serene scene for any who come ashore.
    Emily Vanschmus, Better Homes & Gardens, 29 Nov. 2022
  • As the winter storm comes ashore, so too will its rainbands.
    Gerry Díaz, San Francisco Chronicle, 30 Nov. 2022
  • The next high tides near where the storm came ashore are on Wednesday afternoon.
    Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA TODAY, 30 Aug. 2023
  • Not too far down the coast, piles of dead Dungeness crab washed ashore on Kalaloch Beach this summer.
    Isabella Breda, Anchorage Daily News, 7 Nov. 2022
  • Ian came ashore in the populous Lee County, home to the city of Fort Myers.
    Alyssa Lukpat, WSJ, 30 Aug. 2023
  • Sofia says in the video, before panning the camera to distant lights ashore.
    Caitlin Flynn, Rolling Stone, 21 Dec. 2023
  • Many of the mid-pack finishers, and those at the tail end, wobbled ashore, red-eyed and struggling to speak.
    Jack Dolan, Los Angeles Times, 2 Sep. 2023
  • This was the lightbulb moment for me – what if an orang ikan had come ashore in that scenario?
    Patrick Frater, Variety, 19 Sep. 2023
  • The two pilots on board managed to escape through the window as the plane was sinking and swim ashore.
    CBS News, 17 Jan. 2023
  • Two gas routes — Nord Stream 1 and 2 — came ashore in her northern German state.
    Souad Mekhennet, Washington Post, 23 Nov. 2022
  • The guests, two women from Kentucky, said they were drugged and raped while ashore on the island of Grand Bahama.
    Nathan Diller, USA TODAY, 15 Feb. 2024
  • Forecasters say the largest waves will roll ashore in the late afternoon.
    San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Nov. 2022
  • Another humpback whale washed ashore in Fort Bragg, the third dead whale in three months.
    Rosanna Xiastaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 26 Oct. 2022
  • Landfall means the center of the storm’s eye, the region surrounded by the strongest winds, has come ashore.
    David Fleshler, Sun Sentinel, 10 Nov. 2022
  • The food at Hideaway Beach was a highlight of my afternoon ashore.
    Stefanie Waldek, Travel + Leisure, 28 Feb. 2024
  • As the rest of the group came ashore, Russian machine guns guarding the base opened fire, Muraha said.
    Oleksandr Chubko, New York Times, 22 Oct. 2023
  • That conveyor belt of moisture is lashing the coast, steered ashore on jet-stream winds ahead of a cold front.
    Scott Dance, Matthew Cappucci, Anchorage Daily News, 11 Mar. 2023
  • Now, 60 to 80 leopard seals wriggle ashore every year at Cape Shirreff, in the South Shetlands.
    Craig Welch, National Geographic, 13 Jan. 2023
  • The America transferred the man to the rescue boat crew, who brought him to ashore, officials said.
    Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, Fox News, 27 Sep. 2023
  • The center of the system will then come ashore thanks to the constant northwest flow at the highest levels of the atmosphere, a.k.a.
    Gerry Díaz, San Francisco Chronicle, 4 Apr. 2023
  • The calf was brought ashore on a stretcher and taken to a vet who determined the young dolphin was too weak to survive, the group said.
    Marina Pitofsky, USA TODAY, 21 Mar. 2023
  • Firefighters rushed to bridges and access points, the alert said, before finding the dog had made its way ashore.
    Don Sweeney, Sacramento Bee, 6 Feb. 2024
  • Stepping ashore, Moutinho asked if anyone could give him a tour.
    Terrence McCoy, Washington Post, 28 July 2023
  • In this short documentary, STAT looks at how the overdose crisis has changed shape since the fourth wave came ashore.
    Alex Hogan Reprints, STAT, 29 Dec. 2022
  • The wharf on Woodo was too small for Jeonnam 511, so the doctors and nurses transferred to a small boat to reach their patients ashore.
    Choe Sang-Hun Chang W. Lee, New York Times, 19 Jan. 2023
  • Bodies line the streets of Derna, where locals struggle to keep up with even more washing ashore.
    Taylor Luck, The Christian Science Monitor, 14 Sep. 2023

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