How to Use sandbar in a Sentence

sandbar

noun

• We walked out onto the sandbar at low tide.
• Some of the men on the sandbar threw their hats in the air and hurrahed.
  — Trevor Paulhus, Smithsonian, 19 Sep. 2019
• The species that are making headlines are the sandbar shark, the dusky shark, and the sand-tiger shark.
  — Curbed, 21 July 2022
• Sand tiger, sandbar and dusky sharks are some of the more common species found near shore.
  — From Usa Today Network and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 1 Aug. 2022
• The lake is also known for its 2-mile sandbar at its south end.
  — Mika Travis, Detroit Free Press, 25 July 2023
• One of the men managed to work his way against the stream and beach himself on a nearby sandbar.
  — David Reamer, Anchorage Daily News, 10 Oct. 2022
• Time and tide have always wiped the slate clean here, like footprints on a sandbar.
  — Charles Graeber, Travel + Leisure, 6 Mar. 2021
• The raft hit a sandbar, ripping loose dozens of logs, which floated away.
  — New York Times, 14 June 2022
• We were now beached on the stubborn sandbar of the vaccine holdouts.
  — Danielle Ofri, The New Yorker, 12 June 2021
• The point on which the house sits is wrapped by a sandbar, which creates 238 feet of prime sandy shoreline on Phelps Bay.
  — Kim Palmer, Star Tribune, 18 Dec. 2020
• Rip currents often form at breaks in sandbars and close to piers and rock groins.
  — Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN, 27 June 2023
• Along the way, take a break at one of the sandbars or tiny beaches for a refreshing dip in the water.
  — Lori Rackl, chicagotribune.com, 23 July 2019
• Bargman steered the boat toward a sandbar that formed an island.
  — Ian James, The Arizona Republic, 17 Apr. 2021
• Mud flats stretch for hundreds of yards, and a long sandbar has emerged from the water reaching out across the bay.
  — Carlotta Gall, New York Times, 11 June 2023
• Most people go with plans to get out on the water and dive, snorkel, fish, or just boat from reef to sandbar and back again.
  — Skye Sherman, Travel + Leisure, 15 May 2023
• The biggest issue is Tsurigasaki’s waves, which are formed by the build up of sandbars on the long stretch of beach.
  — Elliott Almond, The Mercury News, 24 July 2019
• Swells also break over a large sandbar to the south of the main channel, which is only a couple feet deep at low tide.
  — Brooke Baitinger, sun-sentinel.com, 20 Nov. 2019
• In the hook of one sandbar, a group of dolphins fed in waist-deep water, birds hovering for the leftovers.
  — David Brown, Washington Post, 28 Feb. 2020
• Prefer to work under a canopy on a sandbar while feeling the sand between your toes?
  — Meena Thiruvengadam, Travel + Leisure, 11 Sep. 2020
• Also good for drift-and-cast and trolling fishermen was the Southeast side of the sandbar off Lorain.
  — cleveland, 17 June 2021
• Sand tiger, sandbar and dusky sharks are commonly found near shore.
  — Julia Musto, Fox News, 30 July 2022
• As the spoonbills prance on sandbars, a reddish egret performs a vaudeville-style dance to stir up fish.
  — Robin Soslow, Miami Herald, 30 Jan. 2024
• Bessey Creek is only about 100 feet in width, and boaters heading out to the sandbar might have cut the line connecting Fano to his prized catch.
  — Ed Killer, USA TODAY, 13 Jan. 2022
• On June 20 in Rhode Island, a 10-year-old drowned after strong currents swept her off a sandbar.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 28 June 2021
• When that happened a year ago, athletes were forced to a sandbar to avoid being sucked backward.
  — Adam Skolnick, New York Times, 10 May 2023
• The river’s braid bars—think sandbars, but less sandy—are in a constant state of flux, something maps can’t account for.
  — Max Ufberg, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 May 2023
• Herford says the child was playing in shallows by a sandbar near Merryville and was swept away by the river.
  — CBS News, 29 Aug. 2022
• Take your dog on an exploration of the white, sandy shore and sandbars, or a walk along the trail up to an overlook at James Scripps Bluff Preserve.
  — Karen Ruffini, Travel + Leisure, 5 Mar. 2023
• There are multiple signs warning about the danger of the currents and the sandbar, but the signs are only in English.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 20 June 2021
• To support its weight, the tower's builders had to drive concrete pylons deep into the sandbar.
  — Mark Strassmann, CBS News, 25 June 2021

Last Updated: 28 May 2024