How to Use riverbank in a Sentence

riverbank

noun
  • Groups of neon green kayaks hang near the riverbanks.
    — Michael Loria, USA Today, 18 Sep. 2025
  • But it’s built for the dirt, mud, and grime along the riverbank.
    — Pete M. Anderson, Field & Stream, 28 Sep. 2023
  • Huge packs have dug up hills and riverbanks and mowed down marshlands.
    — Kurtis Alexander, San Francisco Chronicle, 9 Feb. 2018
  • The high-tide line showed on the riverbank like a shadow on a wall.
    — Paige Williams, The New Yorker, 17 June 2024
  • Crews planned to use boats and have searchers walking along the riverbank.
    — Chicago Tribune, 25 Mar. 2023
  • As the permafrost thaws and riverbanks erode, more tusks will emerge.
    — oregonlive, 5 Oct. 2019
  • Nineteen barges bound for nowhere were tied up along the swollen riverbank.
    — New York Times, 31 May 2019
  • In some places, homes teetered on hillsides and riverbanks that had been washed away.
    — Jeff Amy, Chicago Tribune, 2 Oct. 2024
  • The riverbank across is still open and leafy, a throwback to what the town used to be.
    — Omkar Khandekar, NPR, 5 Jan. 2025
  • The man was camping on the riverbank with a rafting group at the time.
    — Katie Hill, Outdoor Life, 20 Mar. 2023
  • Barnes grew up in the house now teetering on the edge of the riverbank.
    — Raquel Coronell Uribe, NBC News, 26 June 2024
  • Across the river ice, the timber on the far riverbank is dark.
    — Seth Kantner, Anchorage Daily News, 28 Apr. 2018
  • Others threw ropes from the riverbank or jumped in after them.
    — Steve Rubenstein, SFChronicle.com, 14 June 2019
  • The camp’s cabins for its youngest were closest to the riverbank.
    — Eduardo Cuevas, USA Today, 6 July 2025
  • The mob dragged them out, led them to the riverbank and shot them multiple times.
    — NBC News, 22 Oct. 2019
  • There was fighting along the stone ramparts to the north and the riverbank to the west.
    — Anand Gopal, The New Yorker, 6 Sep. 2021
  • The hospital is not far from a riverbank that was wiped out by the flooding.
    — New York Times, 8 July 2018
  • The clip begins with a person punching a tree on a riverbank.
    — Arkansas Online, 23 Jan. 2022
  • Caution is urged when walking near riverbanks.
    — Ca Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 1 Jan. 2026
  • Caution is urged when walking near riverbanks.
    — Nc Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 12 Aug. 2025
  • Caution is urged when walking near riverbanks.
    — Nc Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 19 Aug. 2025
  • Caution is urged when walking near riverbanks.
    — Star-Telegram Weather Bot, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 25 Oct. 2025
  • Caution is urged when walking near riverbanks.
    — Star-Telegram Weather Bot, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 Nov. 2025
  • Caution is urged when walking near riverbanks.
    — Star-Telegram Weather Bot, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 19 June 2026
  • Caution is urged when walking near riverbanks.
    — Star-Telegram Weather Bot, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 11 Mar. 2026
  • Caution is urged when walking near riverbanks.
    — Star-Telegram Weather Bot, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 7 Mar. 2026
  • Caution is urged when walking near riverbanks.
    — Star-Telegram Weather Bot, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 4 Apr. 2026
  • Caution is urged when walking near riverbanks.
    — Star-Telegram Weather Bot, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 5 Apr. 2026
  • Caution is urged when walking near riverbanks.
    — Star-Telegram Weather Bot, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 June 2026
  • Caution is urged when walking near riverbanks.
    — Star-Telegram Weather Bot, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 20 June 2026

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