How to Use breakwater in a Sentence

breakwater

noun
  • The third person was able to make his way through the breakwater and get to the boat.
    — Danny Hermosillo, Houston Chronicle, 13 Aug. 2019
  • The breakwater was only a year old.
    — Ben McGrath, New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2025
  • The breakwater is an ideal place for a stroll to break up the journey.
    — David Nikel, Forbes, 3 July 2021
  • The large waves were not stopped by the King Harbor breakwater.
    — Scott Harrison, latimes.com, 31 May 2017
  • Great waves dashing against the distant breakwater shook the metal decks by the shore.
    — Tim Hornyak, The Atlantic, 6 Sep. 2023
  • Its hemmed in by a large marina complex on one side and the port's breakwater on other.
    — Chris Woodyard, USA TODAY, 23 July 2019
  • The events on the beach — called the Mole for the breakwater that’s used as a dock — unfold during one week.
    — Manohla Dargis, New York Times, 20 July 2017
  • Between the jutting concrete pier and the breakwater, a line of boats bobbed gently in the waves.
    — Greg Jackson, The New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2024
  • Some miles out to sea, beyond an old breakwater, the misty spouts of whales make rare and treasured appearances.
    — James R. Carroll, USA TODAY, 3 June 2019
  • King steered them on to Shoreline Village, then went out past the breakwater.
    — Noah Goldberg, Los Angeles Times, 8 Aug. 2024
  • Her father, it was understood, had slipped and fallen off the breakwater, and drowned.
    — Susan Choi, The New Yorker, 31 Aug. 2020
  • The trail has several viewpoints along the rocky shoreline and a breakwater.
    — Peter Marteka, courant.com, 6 July 2018
  • The breakwater is a popular place for visitors to sit and watch life around the harbor.
    — Peter Marteka, courant.com, 6 July 2018
  • Much of the sand that the currents had been delivering to the beach was being trapped by the breakwaters.
    — Raymond Zhong, New York Times, 26 June 2024
  • The air on the long breakwater has the rich, organic smell of hundreds of damp animals.
    — Sallie Tisdale, Harper's magazine, 10 June 2019
  • While sand quickly accumulated on the beach north of the breakwater, down south, the beach was starved of sand.
    — Elsa Devienne / Made By History, TIME, 31 July 2024
  • An almost fluorescent sheen lined the crest of the breakwater.
    — Ben McGrath, New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2025
  • The ship's route took it about one mile off the breakwater off Milwaukee's outer harbor.
    — Chris Foran, Journal Sentinel, 9 Sep. 2022
  • For centuries, hearty folk have trekked up these slopes from the breakwater after a day of fishing mullet, anchovies, hake, and eel.
    — John Oseid, Forbes, 21 Dec. 2021
  • On the other side of the breakwater, an otter dives into the surf and emerges with shellfish to crack open on its furry belly.
    — New York Times, 22 July 2021
  • The only portion of the pipeline to be buried was inside the Long Beach breakwater.
    — Thomas Curwen, Los Angeles Times, 14 Oct. 2021
  • Large quantities of sand were washed out into the lake past the breakwaters and permanently lost to the park district.
    — Karen Berkowitz, chicagotribune.com, 22 Oct. 2019
  • Folks with walkers and canes enjoy sitting on the benches just watching and listening to the waves crash against the breakwater.
    — Nancy Coltun Webster, chicagotribune.com, 22 June 2017
  • But trucks nearby are now hauling giant stones from across Georgia to use in the construction of a breakwater for the port.
    — Ivan Nechepurenko, New York Times, 13 Mar. 2025
  • Their destinations were a series of breakwaters a few hundred yards offshore.
    — Ben McGrath, New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2025
  • The team is now working on implementing oyster restoration on the breakwaters.
    — Srishti Gupta, Interesting Engineering, 5 Aug. 2025
  • And a stone jetty, or breakwater, to protect the harbor was installed in 2020.
    — Julie Depenbrock, NPR, 22 Sep. 2025
  • To preserve views, a boardwalk is set several feet above the breakwaters, at their highest 586 feet, and sand.
    — Alex Hulvalchick, Chicago Tribune, 16 May 2023
  • About 50 people at Montrose Harbor were caught on the breakwater.
    — Marianne Mather, Chicago Tribune, 20 June 2024
  • That day, six medium-sized speedboats, belonging to drug traffickers or smugglers, had sought refuge from a storm among the breakwaters and docks of the port.
    — Óscar Martínez, The Dial, 30 Apr. 2026

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