How to Use sandbank in a Sentence

sandbank

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  • The ship ran aground on a sandbank.
  • The last high tide must have clawed at the sandbank enough to expose the ring.
    — CBS News, 20 Aug. 2022
  • The cove had an apron of concrete instead of a sandbank.
    — Emma Cline, The New Yorker, 25 Aug. 2022
  • One of the helicopters from the popular theme park was able to land on the sandbank.
    — Anna Lazarus Caplan, Peoplemag, 2 Jan. 2023
  • Huddling in the wind, walled in by desert sandbanks, they have been driven there by war.
    — Bill Neely, NBC News, 8 May 2017
  • Instead, get a quart-sized bucket, dig a hole in a likely mud or sandbank, and bury the bucket so that the top is flush with the soil surface.
    — Bob McNally, Field & Stream, 2 Jan. 2020
  • Tasmania's largest mass stranding has seen 470 whales trapped on a sandbank on the island's west coast this week.
    — NBC News, 24 Sep. 2020
  • The island would be around two square miles in size and would be located in the Dogger Bank, a windy shallow sandbank around 60 miles off the coast of England.
    — David Grossman, Popular Mechanics, 19 May 2017
  • There were sunset champagne cruises to a sandbank, movie nights, and dancing.
    — Town & Country, 14 Dec. 2022
  • When the sea recedes, birds forage the soaking wetlands, and hundreds of seals can be seen congregating on a sandbank.
    — Stephen Castle, BostonGlobe.com, 27 Aug. 2022
  • Up to 25 percent of the world’s maritime traffic passes through the strait, which often has bad weather, cramped shipping lanes, strong currents, sandbanks and a wide range of tides.
    — Philippe Sotto, The Seattle Times, 1 July 2017
  • Perhaps most fun of all, the stay also includes a private excursion for deep-sea fishing and a day on a private sandbank.
    — Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 11 Nov. 2020
  • Each fall to this day, when the river recedes, a sandbank emerges that can accommodate a pop-up city for millions of believers.
    — Andrew Stark, WSJ, 16 Nov. 2018
  • Spatial learning in this instance saved them from falling onto a sandbank.
    — Yao-Hua Law, Discover Magazine, 3 Mar. 2015
  • The latest migrant shipwreck comes two weeks after a wooden boat that sailed from Turkey ran into a sandbank in rough seas off a beach in Calabria, the toe of the Italian peninsula.
    — Stephen Sorace, Fox News, 12 Mar. 2023
  • Hippos goggled at us from their muddy pools; crocodiles blinked from sandbanks.
    — Paul Theroux, Town & Country, 17 June 2013
  • Earlier this year, a migrant boat navigating on that route slammed into a sandbank just off a Calabrian beach town and broke apart.
    — Frances D'emilio, ajc, 8 June 2023
  • Julian and Lincoln Barnwell, local divers, have positively identified the shipwreck of the Gloucester, a royal vessel that struck a sandbank and sank in 1682.
    — Monica Cull, Discover Magazine, 9 June 2022
  • The water levels have also become unusually low, exposing sandbanks that allow the curious to stand in the middle of the river.
    — Washington Post, 6 Dec. 2019
  • The water levels have also become unusually low, exposing sandbanks in the middle of the river.
    — Washington Post, 5 Dec. 2019
  • Visitors here will find a long sandbank extending into the azure water that feels otherworldly.
    — Maya Kachroo-Levine, Travel + Leisure, 3 Aug. 2020
  • Teens, parents and faculty are working overtime to transform the school in a tropical paradise complete with synthetic sandbanks, Hawaiian themed huts, and a 16-foot waterfall.
    — N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA TODAY, 23 Apr. 2018
  • Deep-sea fishing, sunset cruises, and trips to the incredible Nakupenda Beach sandbank off of Stone Town are especially popular.
    — Anne Olivia Bauso, Travel + Leisure, 27 Mar. 2023
  • The other helicopter, which was carrying six passengers, landed on a sandbank, according to police.
    — Arkansas Online, 3 Jan. 2023
  • In the country's biggest ever whale beaching, 470 whales were first spotted on a wide sandbank during an aerial reconnaissance of rugged Macquarie Harbor in Tasmania state last Monday.
    — NBC News, 26 Sep. 2020
  • Other programming is available to wellness guests as well, including off-island experiences on a private sandbank, sunset dinners, and more.
    — Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 3 Oct. 2021
  • Back on firmer soil again, Wilbrink pointed out Engelsmanplaat, a historically significant sandbank with a birdwatching tower.
    — Washington Post, 13 Aug. 2021
  • Mesmerizing sunrises and sunsets will come as standard, while their dining options will include Japanese teppanyaki and yakitori, as well as secluded dining on a private sandbank for the ultimate in romance.
    — Chris Dwyer, CNN, 17 Jan. 2022

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