How to Use shore in a Sentence

shore

1 of 2 noun

• To walk up on the shore, sit shivering on the sand, and drink it all in.
  — Victor Blue, The New Yorker, 21 Dec. 2023
• The corpse bobbed in the water as the steamship passed the western shore of Fire Island.
  — David Reamer | Alaska History, Anchorage Daily News, 17 Sep. 2023
• After the collapse, many of those on the pier were able to swim back to shore.
  — John Diedrich, USA TODAY, 6 Sep. 2023
• Coots managed to get back to shore, but his leg was gone.
  — Donny Bajohr, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 Dec. 2023
• Police pulled the body to shore and the woman was pronounced dead.
  — Kate Armanini, BostonGlobe.com, 30 May 2023
• The airstrip on the far shore stretched out before us, and Clark came in for a low, slow descent.
  — Gideon Lewis-Kraus, The New Yorker, 15 Apr. 2024
• The city also would get 5.76 acres along the north shore of the lagoon’s outer basin.
  — Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Dec. 2023
• As the current drags you out, don’t try to swim toward shore.
  — Wendy Grossman Kantor, Peoplemag, 10 Aug. 2023
• The victim survived the fall from the bridge and cuts to his throat, the sheriff’s office added, and swam to shore.
  — Greg Wehner, Fox News, 26 Oct. 2023
• The worker paddled out in a kayak and pulled the container to the shore but didn’t open it.
  — Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 12 Jan. 2024
• Out on the deck, James couldn’t help hoping she’d be taken to shore, to her aunt.
  — Seth Freed Wessler, ProPublica, 7 Dec. 2023
• Coastal flooding is a good bet along the shores of the Chesapeake Bay and Tidal Potomac.
  — Matt Rogers, Washington Post, 21 Sep. 2023
• Rescuers plucked dozens of people from the water or the shore.
  — Holly Yan, CNN, 11 Aug. 2023
• The song that drew thousands to our shores during the height of the hippie movement.
  — August Brown, Los Angeles Times, 15 Nov. 2023
• The driver of the Jeep that fell off the cliff was swept out to sea about 100 yards and then directed back to shore.
  — Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 28 Feb. 2024
• The boy helps Santiago load his boat and the old man rows a long way from shore.
  — Ian Frazier, The New Yorker, 11 Sep. 2023
• The equipment can be fully assembled on shore and then towed to the site.
  — IEEE Spectrum, 23 Sep. 2023
• Emergency responders pulled the ranger and the submerged man out of the pond to shore.
  — David Chiu, Peoplemag, 12 Jan. 2024
• Many studies infer that the Spinosaurus waded in waters near the shore for a quick bite to eat.
  — Elizabeth Gamillo, Discover Magazine, 6 Mar. 2024
• In late 2021, a version of the virus arrived on U.S. shores and was detected in wild birds.
  — Youri Benadjaoud, ABC News, 3 Apr. 2024
• A lot of these high-mountain lakes have fish that cruise really close to shore.
  — Katie Hill, Outdoor Life, 28 Feb. 2024
• The route was created in the days when coastal patrols watched these shores for smugglers.
  — David Escribano, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Nov. 2023
• To our left, volcanic cliffs framed Oahu’s eastern shore.
  — Susan Casey, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 Aug. 2023
• Meanwhile, someone on shore called 911 and someone else ran to a State Parks staffer.
  — Ethan Baron, The Mercury News, 24 Mar. 2024
• Its azure waters can be explored via row boats, which are available to rent right from the shore.
  — Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 23 Aug. 2023
• The maintenance worker paddled out in a kayak and pulled the container to the shore, but didn’t open it.
  — Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 27 Oct. 2023
• As a blue heron strutted along the shore of the pond, Erdal Eyubov, the garden’s maintenance foreman, strolled up.
  — Adam Iscoe, The New Yorker, 11 Dec. 2023
• The company discharges the liquid at least 12 miles from shore.
  — Nathan Diller, USA TODAY, 7 May 2023
• Most managed to swim the half mile to shore, some pushing their children on makeshift bamboo rafts.
  — Adam Goodheart, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 Sep. 2023
• Growing up on the Isle of Wight, she is fascinated by fossils that wash up on the shore.
  — Ruth Franklin, The New Yorker, 2 Oct. 2023

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shore

2 of 2 verb

• The rudder was battered, and the trio had to be towed to shore in Spain.
  — Susanne Rust, Los Angeles Times, 19 June 2023
• Day boat refers to fish that returns to shore the same day it was caught.
  — The Indianapolis Star, 5 Jan. 2024
• She was later helped to shore by bystanders and a man in a boat.
  — Jason Duaine Hahn, PEOPLE.com, 27 July 2022
• The goal was to kick back while shoring one another up.
  — Jean Trinh, New York Times, 12 May 2023
• The bull elephant seal charged into the ocean after the pup and pushed it to shore with its head, the study said.
  — Don Sweeney, Sacramento Bee, 3 Mar. 2024
• All were either rescued or able to get to shore on their own.
  — Marlene Lenthang, NBC News, 22 Jan. 2024
• The Marines had no choice but to bail out of their vessels and wade to shore through enemy fire.
  — Catherine Musemeche, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 July 2022
• To shore up the market, the central bank was forced to buy government bonds.
  — Julia Horowitz, CNN, 29 Mar. 2023
• After making it to shore, the bird stands at full height and shakes its wet feathers.
  — Kelli Bender, Peoplemag, 17 Nov. 2023
• How do cruise ships get sick or injured people to shore?
  — Nathan Diller, USA TODAY, 9 Feb. 2023
• The cruise port allows up to four ships to dock at once, while any more remain in the harbor and tender to shore.
  — Carley Rojas Avila, Travel + Leisure, 10 July 2023
• From there, the player and his brothers helped get the family to shore and the pilot to a rescue boat.
  — Tracey Harrington McCoy, Peoplemag, 30 Dec. 2022
• In photos taken of the star, he could be seen walking on to shore after a quick dip in the ocean in black swim trunks and black shades.
  — Kimberlee Speakman, Peoplemag, 28 Dec. 2023
• Just a few weeks earlier, Wall Street’s biggest banks had stepped in to shore it up with their own cash.
  — Hannah Levitt, Fortune, 1 May 2023
• While some 80 survivors made it to shore, according to the Red Cross, the death toll was almost certain to rise.
  — Stefano Pitrelli, Washington Post, 26 Feb. 2023
• There, Francis said far too many people had never made it to shore.
  — Nicole Winfield and Sylvie Corbet The Associated Press, Arkansas Online, 23 Sep. 2023
• Indiana scored at will to open the second half and no UW player was able to settle the team and shore the defense.
  — Jeff Potrykus, Journal Sentinel, 16 Jan. 2023
• At the start of the Jamboree, Audrey, Mia and Lucy helped shore each other up against loneliness.
  — Anne Branigin, Washington Post, 10 Aug. 2023
• Even with small waves, getting Wessels to shore wasn’t easy, Weber said.
  — Laylan Connelly, Orange County Register, 25 Feb. 2024
• Klein was intent on shoring them up, mother and daughter.
  — Ellen Barry, BostonGlobe.com, 6 Aug. 2023
• From April through mid-July, the smallest and most endangered sea turtle in the world comes to shore along this section of the coast to lay eggs.
  — Gabi De La Rosa, Chron, 6 May 2022
• Some have tried driving through it, only to end up swimming to shore or having to be rescued.
  — Shawn Hubler Mark Abramson, New York Times, 25 June 2023
• Although the Rebels lost a few key players this season, Kiffin made sure to shore those losses up.
  — Jon Hoefling, USA TODAY, 10 Jan. 2024
• Traders have begun betting the Fed will be forced to cut rates as early as mid-year to shore up economic growth.
  — Joe McDonald and Matt Ott, ajc, 31 Mar. 2023
• Our group of eight made our way from the ship to shore in a zodiac where a single gentoo penguin greeted us.
  — Melissa McGibbon, Travel + Leisure, 5 Mar. 2024
• Crews brought him to shore just after 4:40 a.m. where he was pronounced dead, fire officials said.
  — Natalie Neysa Alund, USA TODAY, 24 July 2023
• The waves and current eventually pushed Botelho close enough to shore for lifeguards to grab and drag him onto the beach.
  — Andrew Lewis, Outside Online, 19 Mar. 2022
• Bodies of soldiers lying on the beach at Betio where they had been obliged to wade to shore under enemy fire in the first stage of the attack.
  — Natasha Frost Maud Bodoukian Meyrant, New York Times, 18 Nov. 2023
• The morale of rank-and-file soldiers was so low, the Americans said, that Russia began moving its generals to the front lines to shore it up.
  — Thomas Gibbons-Neff, New York Times, 16 Dec. 2022
• Thomas's agent insisted the boat had to stay close enough to shore for quality cell phone service, so the boat moved to an area where the fishing wasn't nearly as good.
  — Jr Radcliffe, Journal Sentinel, 27 Apr. 2023

Last Updated: 28 May 2024