How to Use quay in a Sentence

quay

noun
  • Waiting at the quay were water taxis for hotel guests.
    — Vic O'Sullivan, Travel + Leisure, 4 Mar. 2026
  • Within days thousands of people were stuck on the quay, seeking a way out.
    — Lisa Morrow, CNN, 4 Oct. 2022
  • The memorial is being built at the quay from which ferries leave to Utøya.
    — David Nikel, Forbes, 9 Mar. 2021
  • Old men fished along its quays despite the rattle of German machine guns.
    — Bruce Dale, National Geographic, 17 Apr. 2019
  • The garbage trucks rumble along the quays picking up the refuse from the revelry the night before.
    — Elaine Sciolino, New York Times, 4 Nov. 2019
  • The Seine represents the track, and the quays the spectators’ stands.
    — Koh Ewe, TIME, 5 July 2024
  • The quay is owned by the Labor party's youth wing, which also owns the island itself.
    — David Nikel, Forbes, 9 Mar. 2021
  • Leisure boats are moored along the quay of the Yonne River, which is lined with three-star hotels and open-air brasseries.
    — Hugh Garvey, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Mar. 2018
  • Then, as evening falls, locals gather with ice cream cones on the quay and the town glows in the hush of a Bornholm sunset.
    — Lewis Nunn, Forbes.com, 24 Aug. 2025
  • When a sea breeze carries the scent of this huddled mass ashore, the Red Cross workers on the quay recoil.
    — Alex Perry, Newsweek, 10 June 2015
  • Tomoaki Saito is carrying crates from his 20-foot shrimp boat to a small, white truck parked on the quay.
    — Gavin Blair, The Christian Science Monitor, 26 Feb. 2021
  • Outside, darkness settled, the light from the window reflecting off the canal as the crowd gathered on the quay and bridge.
    — Vic O'Sullivan, Travel + Leisure, 4 Mar. 2026
  • While many of the street-side cafés lining the river are on the touristy side, the handful of spots actually on the quay are anything but.
    — Lane Nieset, Travel + Leisure, 7 Dec. 2025
  • As soon the gantry quay cranes were removed from the tariff list, another equally important group was left to wallow in the mud.
    — Rick Helfenbein, Forbes, 20 Oct. 2021
  • There have been songs written about La Seine, movies set alongside her quays, and masterpieces painted about her.
    — Ulrike Lemmin-Woolfrey, Condé Nast Traveler, 30 Nov. 2023
  • Even with a quay filled with all kinds of new dayboats from the world’s top builders, the the 40’s exterior aesthetics just popped.
    — Kevin Koenig, Robb Report, 21 Sep. 2022
  • And, the river quay at sunset was the perfect location for Officine Générale.
    — Rhonda Richford, Footwear News, 29 June 2026
  • People lingering on the quay during daytime hours risk being hit with a fine of almost $300.
    — David Nikel, Forbes, 23 Feb. 2024
  • Eighteen bedrooms are traditional, many with crown canopies and chintz, and some with spectacular harbor views over the tidal quay.
    — Jo Rodgers, Vogue, 4 Nov. 2024
  • Seaports will have nearby seabed dredged and quays constructed to accommodate naval and transport vessels.
    — Ryan Chan, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Aug. 2025
  • Water lapped the underside of historic bridges and engulfed cobblestone quays, where tree tops and lampposts now poke out of the brown, swirling Seine.
    — Oleg Cetinic, The Seattle Times, 28 Jan. 2018
  • Instead, it will be held along the River Seine, with no admission fee for spectators to access the upper quays.
    — Jen Murphy, Outside Online, 30 Oct. 2023
  • One hundred twenty-five years later, on the same quay in Geneva, a theater troupe reenacts the event every Sunday.
    — Leo Barraclough, Variety, 14 Aug. 2025
  • So, be sure to check the boat times, pack a bag with supplies for both sunny and wet weather, and head to the quay in time to jump aboard a boat and head out to discover each island for yourself.
    — Julia O'Driscoll, The Week Uk, theweek, 11 June 2024
  • The new berth will be constructed in two phases, with the first two of the four quay cranes to be installed there scheduled for delivery in 2025.
    — Jonathan Burgos, Forbes, 7 Mar. 2022
  • Reflection on the quays of Sète, original silver print, 1950.
    — Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 14 July 2023
  • Blast damage in the lower left section of a quay in the Russian Black Sea port of Novorossiysk on Tuesday.
    — Colin Sheeley, NBC news, 17 Dec. 2025
  • Katendrecht, a former red light district on a quay in the city center, has a great array of options, from gourmet burgers to the best tacos this side of the Atlantic.
    — Joe Minihane, CNN, 8 Nov. 2022
  • Wine is embedded in the city’s architecture, history and daily life, from grand 18th-century façades to the bustling quays of the Garonne.
    — Joanne Shurvell, Forbes.com, 29 Jan. 2026
  • The maps also show a turning basin with two quays, evidencing that the Gormley Canal was not primarily designed for drainage, since docks would have blocked the flow of runoff.
    — Richard Campanella, NOLA.com, 6 Mar. 2018

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