How to Use marshland in a Sentence

marshland

noun
  • Huge packs have dug up hills and riverbanks and mowed down marshlands.
    — Kurtis Alexander, San Francisco Chronicle, 9 Feb. 2018
  • As the camera panned through a lush marshland, a voiceover played.
    — Los Angeles Times, 1 Aug. 2022
  • Her head was found by a sheriff's team picking up litter in the marshland.
    — Fox News, 29 May 2021
  • There is quite a large area of bottomland forest and marshlands year round.
    — Karl Schneider, The Indianapolis Star, 20 Dec. 2024
  • At the time, there was at least a half-acre of marshland between the bluff, where the house was built, and the bay.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 4 Oct. 2019
  • Strolling along the boardwalk is a breezy way to explore the marshland and shoreline.
    — Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 27 July 2023
  • The marshland enhancements are the first phase of the larger project.
    — Adrian Rodriguez, The Mercury News, 17 Apr. 2024
  • Now it’s been whittled to about a mile wide by three miles long, most of that marshland that barely clears the tide.
    — Earl Swift, Outside Online, 20 June 2018
  • In Dee’s day the site was featureless marshland.
    — Hari Kunzru, Harpers Magazine, 27 Jan. 2026
  • Along the way, visitors are treated to views of marshlands, rolling dunes, and the open ocean.
    — Abby Price, Southern Living, 27 Apr. 2026
  • Strolling along the boardwalk is a breezy way to explore the marshland and beachfront areas.
    — Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 20 Jan. 2026
  • How the unlucky horse ended up in what was, at the time, an inter-tidal marshland remains murky.
    — Alex Fox, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 Aug. 2020
  • Mammoths once sipped at Tulare Lake’s shores, and tule elk ranged in its marshlands.
    — Shawn Hubler, New York Times, 2 Apr. 2023
  • Before the storm, this stretch of marshland was largely cattle ranches.
    — Nathaniel Rich, Harpers Magazine, 20 Aug. 2025
  • On the other side was marshland, above which a wooden bridge, marked private, led to a house hidden by the trees.
    — New York Times, 12 Nov. 2019
  • As the day waned, Merda found some concrete structures, which gave him respite from the swampy marshland.
    — Jonathan Edwards, Washington Post, 12 Sep. 2022
  • As the day waned, Merda found some concrete structures, which gave him respite from the swampy marshland.
    — Jonathan Edwards, Anchorage Daily News, 13 Sep. 2022
  • These new canals allowed salt water to push up through rivers and streams, and within decades the marshland had begun to erode.
    — Jake Bittle, The New Republic, 30 Aug. 2021
  • The site on the former marshland by the river was preferred by Bacon.
    — Michael E. Ruane, BostonGlobe.com, 28 May 2022
  • Explore tranquil marshland trails or relax on white-sand beaches.
    — Elizabeth Rhodes, Travel + Leisure, 10 Jan. 2026
  • Which is why Boustany and his team are working to restore areas of key marshland along the coast.
    — Gena Somra, CNN, 6 June 2018
  • The home sits above marshland, and the backyard gardens are wild and natural and flanked by meadows on each side.
    — Emma Reynolds, Robb Report, 13 Mar. 2023
  • The territory shifts from high plains to rolling mountain ranges, from mesas to marshland, and from wide open prairies to dense forests.
    — Alan Taylor, The Atlantic, 15 Mar. 2020
  • The name Frogmore was inspired by the abundance of frogs on the estate's marshland.
    — Erica Gonzales, Harper's BAZAAR, 22 Mar. 2018
  • The territory shifts from high plains to rolling mountain ranges, from mesas to marshland, and from wide-open prairies to dense forests.
    — Alan Taylor, The Atlantic, 15 Mar. 2020
  • On land, there was a race to find animals harmed by the oil and to keep the spill from harming any more sensitive marshland.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 4 Oct. 2021
  • There’s so much to see here—the Atlantic Ocean, the marshland, and the 5 miles of beaches.
    — Casey Barber, Southern Living, 12 Mar. 2025
  • There are plans to replace the dam, but for now the lake has reverted to marshland surrounding the river.
    — Chelsey Lewis, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 19 Oct. 2017
  • There, the streets were littered with small pieces of wood and wire, tufts of grass from the nearby marshland and puffs of pink insulation.
    — New York Times, 23 Mar. 2022
  • So with nothing to stop them, the birds flew to nearby marshlands and began reproducing.
    — Calmatters, Mercury News, 14 Aug. 2025

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