How to Use ashore in a Sentence

ashore

adverb
  • We docked our boat and went ashore to visit the island.
  • Roy splashed ashore and ran along the old dock.
    — Byron W. Dalrymple, Outdoor Life, 4 June 2026
  • Here’s a quick look at how that plays out ashore.
    — David Dickstein, Oc Register, 18 Mar. 2026
  • If some snow does come ashore, amounts would be very light.
    — Terry Eliasen, CBS News, 24 Feb. 2026
  • The two have washed ashore next to a giant cliff.
    — Keith Langston, PEOPLE, 24 Apr. 2026
  • Steve was in the bow, casing the trees ashore.
    — Charles Elliott, Outdoor Life, 21 Aug. 2025
  • Elsewhere ashore, flags are flown at half-staff.
    — Joyce Orlando, Nashville Tennessean, 28 Aug. 2025
  • On ships and at naval stations ashore, flags are flown at half-mast.
    — Katie Wiseman, The Indianapolis Star, 30 Dec. 2024
  • On ships and at naval stations ashore, flags are flown at half-mast.
    — Joyce Orlando, Nashville Tennessean, 28 Aug. 2025
  • On ships and at naval stations ashore, flags are flown at half-mast.
    — Joyce Orlando, The Tennessean, 11 July 2025
  • Seals spend most of their time in the water, but come ashore to breed.
    — Rachael Lallensack, Smithsonian Magazine, 15 June 2020
  • For ships and naval stations ashore, the flags are flown at half-mast.
    — John Tufts, IndyStar, 5 Feb. 2026
  • For ships and naval stations ashore, the flags are flown at half-mast.
    — Jenny Porter Tilley, IndyStar, 20 Feb. 2026
  • For ships and naval stations ashore, the flags are flown at half-mast.
    — John Tufts, IndyStar, 5 Nov. 2025
  • For ships and naval stations ashore, the flags are flown at half-mast.
    — John Tufts, IndyStar, 11 Sep. 2025
  • For ships and naval stations ashore, the flags are flown at half-mast.
    — Marina Johnson, Louisville Courier Journal, 28 Aug. 2025
  • For ships and naval stations ashore, the flags are flown at half-mast.
    — John Tufts, IndyStar, 29 Aug. 2025
  • An east wind is needed to push the masses ashore.
    — Bill Kearney, Sun Sentinel, 12 June 2026
  • All of them are now waiting ashore in limbo.
    — John Carlisle, Freep.com, 11 Aug. 2025
  • The man who came ashore is the brother of one of the missing men.
    — Zaz Hollander, Anchorage Daily News, 16 Oct. 2020
  • The females all gather in one place and head ashore to lay their eggs.
    — Monica Cull, Discover Magazine, 7 July 2023
  • First, do not forget to bring towels from the ship ashore with you.
    — Lauren Dana Ellman, Travel + Leisure, 25 Dec. 2025
  • At the end of the day about 50 dandy perch were taken ashore by the group.
    — Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 23 Jan. 2022
  • From anchors aweigh to funnels ashore.
    — Danny Freeman, CNN Money, 7 Aug. 2025
  • The rapid change to the water's current can then drag sea life, such as whales, ashore.
    — Jasmine Laws, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 July 2025
  • Agog, the family went ashore and caught a sackful of frogs.
    — Hank Bradshaw, Outdoor Life, 24 June 2026
  • Last year, authorities found the body of a man that had washed ashore.
    — Doha Madani, NBC News, 30 May 2022
  • The whale in Yachats marks the third to come ashore in Oregon this year.
    — oregonlive, 19 Aug. 2021
  • There’s no audible trace of the waves crashing ashore just over the ridge.
    — Ellen Fort, Sunset Magazine, 15 Jan. 2020
  • County lifeguards patrolling the shore by boat tried to get the man to come ashore.
    — Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 4 Apr. 2020

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