How to Use sandbar in a Sentence

sandbar

noun
  • We walked out onto the sandbar at low tide.
  • But the dolphin was able to make it over the sandbar and swam back out.
    — CBS News, 4 Nov. 2024
  • The lake is also known for its 2-mile sandbar at its south end.
    — Mika Travis, Detroit Free Press, 25 July 2023
  • Sand tiger, sandbar and dusky sharks are some of the more common species found near shore.
    — From Usa Today Network and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 1 Aug. 2022
  • Some of the men on the sandbar threw their hats in the air and hurrahed.
    — Trevor Paulhus, Smithsonian, 19 Sep. 2019
  • Pino has said the bottles and cans stemmed from the trash of six boats tied up at the sandbar.
    — Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 16 June 2026
  • Pino has said the bottles and cans stemmed from the trash of six boats tied up at the sandbar.
    — Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 17 June 2026
  • The same is proposed for the lagoon near the sandbar berm.
    — Erika I. Ritchie, Oc Register, 8 Jan. 2026
  • Bargman steered the boat toward a sandbar that formed an island.
    — Ian James, The Arizona Republic, 17 Apr. 2021
  • Rip currents often form at breaks in sandbars and close to piers and rock groins.
    — Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN, 27 June 2023
  • After the crash, the ferry came to rest on a sandbar just south of the bridge.
    — Christopher Cann, USA Today, 29 Apr. 2025
  • The dropping tide had pulled us down the slough, from the duck shack to the ocean, to the sandbar.
    — Erin McKittrick, Alaska Dispatch News, 15 Sep. 2017
  • Sand tiger, sandbar and dusky sharks are commonly found near shore.
    — Julia Musto, Fox News, 30 July 2022
  • The raft hit a sandbar, ripping loose dozens of logs, which floated away.
    — New York Times, 14 June 2022
  • Time and tide have always wiped the slate clean here, like footprints on a sandbar.
    — Charles Graeber, Travel + Leisure, 6 Mar. 2021
  • Wrap up the day with lunch and water games on a sandbar, and look forward to the feast that awaits.
    — Gina Kramer, USA TODAY, 24 Oct. 2024
  • The 253-foot steel freighter ran aground on a sandbar during the storm.
    — Caitlin Looby, Journal Sentinel, 25 Nov. 2024
  • Witnesses said the dolphin was able to make it over a sandbar and swam out to sea.
    — Antonio Planas, NBC News, 4 Nov. 2024
  • The boat brought us to a sandbar where the water was clear and reached about 4-5 feet deep.
    — Annabelle Canela, Parents, 14 Aug. 2025
  • There is a huge sandbar that guests can walk from the main property to a restaurant.
    — Meggen Harris, Forbes.com, 11 Apr. 2025
  • The species that are making headlines are the sandbar shark, the dusky shark, and the sand-tiger shark.
    — Curbed, 21 July 2022
  • We were now beached on the stubborn sandbar of the vaccine holdouts.
    — Danielle Ofri, The New Yorker, 12 June 2021
  • One of the men managed to work his way against the stream and beach himself on a nearby sandbar.
    — David Reamer, Anchorage Daily News, 10 Oct. 2022
  • Indeed, although it must be said that the next stop, the sandbar, was more its milieu.
    — Ezra Dyer, Popular Mechanics, 11 July 2019
  • Prefer to work under a canopy on a sandbar while feeling the sand between your toes?
    — Meena Thiruvengadam, Travel + Leisure, 11 Sep. 2020
  • Mud flats stretch for hundreds of yards, and a long sandbar has emerged from the water reaching out across the bay.
    — Carlotta Gall, New York Times, 11 June 2023
  • Most people go with plans to get out on the water and dive, snorkel, fish, or just boat from reef to sandbar and back again.
    — Skye Sherman, Travel + Leisure, 15 May 2023
  • Along the way, take a break at one of the sandbars or tiny beaches for a refreshing dip in the water.
    — Lori Rackl, chicagotribune.com, 23 July 2019
  • Arctic terns, common along the sandbars of the Maclaren, have yet to show.
    — John Schandelmeier, Anchorage Daily News, 10 June 2018
  • But then a sandbar formed, sealing off the lake again, and the landscape stabilized.
    — Kenneth Chang, New York Times, 11 Dec. 2017

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