How to Use coastline in a Sentence

coastline

noun
  • The plane flew along the eastern coastline.
  • But this is what coastlines do.
    — Laylan Connelly, Oc Register, 18 June 2026
  • Eight-foot glass doors slide open to the coastline.
    — Angela Tafoya, Vogue, 9 Mar. 2026
  • The entire coastline pops up—as if out of nowhere.
    — Riza Cruz, Vogue, 16 Jan. 2026
  • The fog may roll in, but the coastline never hides for long.
    — Lauren Mowery, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
  • At the southern end of the park’s coastline is a two-mile beach.
    — Christopher Reynoldsstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 29 Dec. 2022
  • Texas’ coastline offers its own small-town charm, too.
    — Kat Stinson, Travel + Leisure, 9 Mar. 2026
  • Forests, peatlands, glaciers and coastline can be found across the land.
    — Ashley J. Dimella, FOXNews.com, 17 Jan. 2026
  • Once these clear, the coastline may see some breaks of the sun to conclude the day.
    — Dave Epstein, BostonGlobe.com, 3 June 2022
  • The refuge is only 6 miles west of our coastline — as the wood stork flies.
    — Ron Seifer, sun-sentinel.com, 23 Nov. 2021
  • Life as a single seaweed along a rocky coastline can be tough.
    — Jack Tamisiea, Scientific American, 28 July 2022
  • More people live on coastlines.
    — Sheri Bachstein, Time, 18 Sep. 2025
  • Sharif is from Egypt and has spent decades working along this coastline.
    — Sohel Uddin, CBS News, 17 Apr. 2026
  • Most sirens are located around the coastline and used for tsunamis.
    — Daniel S. Levine, Peoplemag, 18 Aug. 2023
  • From thousands of feet above, the bay is a broad sheet of blue, flecked by scabs of land and coastline.
    — Washington Post, 20 Dec. 2021
  • In search of unspoiled vistas and rugged coastlines?
    — Bridget Arsenault, Air Mail, 27 Sep. 2025
  • Alaska’s coastline is shaped by glaciers, which carve out fjords and drain silt into the sea.
    — Christian Elliott, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Apr. 2024
  • The coastline is in the 8 to 12 inch bracket.
    — Katie Landeck, The Providence Journal, 25 Jan. 2026
  • With 62 miles of scenic coastline, there’s plenty of room to spread out in the sand.
    — Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 11 Mar. 2026
  • With 62 miles of scenic coastline, there’s plenty of room to spread out in the sand.
    — Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 1 Jan. 2026
  • Windansea is a jewel of our coastline.
    — Letters To The Editor, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Feb. 2026
  • There are loads of under-the-radar towns along these states' coastlines that have their own unique charms and draws.
    — Amy Thomas, Travel + Leisure, 12 May 2026
  • If the project succeeds, the groups hope to install them in many places along the state’s coastline.
    — Sabrina Shankman, BostonGlobe.com, 1 Dec. 2022
  • But that scene is largely confined to a few strips of the southern coastline.
    — Mark Ellwood, Robb Report, 25 Apr. 2023
  • Gross recently saw some of the effects storms have had on the coastline.
    — Abigail Adams, People.com, 10 Oct. 2024
  • The rumbling of a hidden ocean, along a rugged coastline covered by mist.
    — The New Yorker, New Yorker, 4 Mar. 2026
  • And the city has more than 520 miles of coastline, in rich and poor areas alike.
    — Anne Barnard Jade Doskow, New York Times, 28 Oct. 2022
  • The storm reshaped the coastline, forcing a rushed build and rebuild of the course.
    — Tim Corlett, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
  • Florida's coastline is home to more than white sandy beaches and cool breezes.
    — Gabi De La Rosa, Southern Living, 17 May 2026
  • Cannery Row’s restaurants and shops sit along the same stretch of coastline.
    — Audrey T. Williams, Mercury News, 26 Jan. 2026

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