How to Use riverbank in a Sentence

riverbank

noun

• But it’s built for the dirt, mud, and grime along the riverbank.
  — Pete M. Anderson, Field & Stream, 28 Sep. 2023
• There was fighting along the stone ramparts to the north and the riverbank to the west.
  — Anand Gopal, The New Yorker, 6 Sep. 2021
• The high-tide line showed on the riverbank like a shadow on a wall.
  — Paige Williams, The New Yorker, 17 June 2024
• Or the lake, or the riverbank, or a ding-dang swimming hole.
  — Bon Appétit, 22 Aug. 2019
• Barnes grew up in the house now teetering on the edge of the riverbank.
  — Raquel Coronell Uribe, NBC News, 26 June 2024
• The man was camping on the riverbank with a rafting group at the time.
  — Katie Hill, Outdoor Life, 20 Mar. 2023
• Amy Rivera, who had been searching for Kyrin the past two days, kept to the riverbank.
  — Michelle L. Quinn, chicagotribune.com, 18 May 2021
• Crews planned to use boats and have searchers walking along the riverbank.
  — Chicago Tribune, 25 Mar. 2023
• Fifty of the snails were removed from the riverbanks Monday.
  — Scott Huddleston, ExpressNews.com, 7 Jan. 2020
• As the permafrost thaws and riverbanks erode, more tusks will emerge.
  — oregonlive, 5 Oct. 2019
• The mob dragged them out, led them to the riverbank and shot them multiple times.
  — NBC News, 22 Oct. 2019
• The animal wasn't moving, and its head was stuck in the mud on the riverbank.
  — Seth Carnell, USA TODAY, 25 Aug. 2023
• When night fell, Kevin snuck out of the shack and hurried toward the dark riverbank.
  — Washington Post, 15 Feb. 2020
• But six months later, his body was found on the riverbank.
  — Paul Larosa, CBS News, 21 May 2021
• On the last Sunday in July, more than 30 boats were docked at the riverbank.
  — Emily Schwing, Anchorage Daily News, 26 Sep. 2022
• Nineteen barges bound for nowhere were tied up along the swollen riverbank.
  — New York Times, 31 May 2019
• The children were abandoned on the riverbank, Skero said.
  — Geneva Sands, CNN, 20 Apr. 2021
• The city’s arrow-straight streets climb from the riverbank toward the U.S. highway at the edge of town, and from there, the rest of the country.
  — Rick Jervis, USA TODAY, 21 June 2024
• His body was found about 5:30 p.m. on the riverbank near River Street, Woods said.
  — Collin Robisheaux, BostonGlobe.com, 4 June 2023
• Above, a jaguar along a riverbank in Brazil’s Mato Grosso del Sur state.
  — National Geographic, 11 June 2020
• Santoshi and Subash led them into the woods, to the riverbank.
  — Los Angeles Times, 28 Oct. 2020
• Before the race started, the swimmers gathered on the riverbank across from the monastery.
  — Ed Caesar, The New Yorker, 20 June 2022
• The camp's dining area and bar are just a few feet from the riverbank, and there are views of the distant Chindeni Hills.
  — Klara Glowczewska, Town & Country, 2 June 2021
• The next day, though, the explorers encountered more rapids and were forced to steer to the riverbank.
  — Larry Rohter, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Apr. 2023
• Ellison then carries the woman to the lifebelt, and people pull the pair to the riverbank.
  — Joshua Berlinger, CNN, 17 Nov. 2020
• Mike Bromberg told Fox 9 that some of the cattle were found on a riverbank between one and two miles away.
  — Fox News, 30 June 2019
• Then when spring comes, the Potlatch crew goes to work—freeing logs that have lodged on the riverbanks and in jams at the center.
  — Popular Mechanics Editors, Popular Mechanics, 16 Feb. 2019
• Others threw ropes from the riverbank or jumped in after them.
  — Steve Rubenstein, SFChronicle.com, 14 June 2019
• Wake up to wildlife, like grazing cattle and ducks floating along the riverbank.
  — Cynthia J Drake, Southern Living, 10 Sep. 2024
• The splashes barely could be heard over the cheers of fans gathered in bleachers along the riverbank and on the streets several feet away.
  — Les Carpenter, Washington Post, 31 July 2024

Last Updated: 17 Nov 2024