Examples of ashore in a Sentence
We docked our boat and went ashore to visit the island.
the seashells that wash ashore after a storm
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The May 28 pardon granted full clemency to both John Moore Jr. and Tanner Mansell, who spotted the longline 3 miles off the Jupiter Inlet on Aug. 10, 2020, and pulled it ashore.
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Hannah Phillips, USA Today, 4 June 2025
Ellie’s choppy boat ride, the rogue wave washing her ashore, her capture and release at the hands of the cult — all were colorful and dramatic but felt abrupt and even extraneous to the story.
—Mary McNamara, Los Angeles Times, 26 May 2025
Join 50 others in the comments View Comments Two years later, members of the tribe killed two poachers who had been illegally fishing in the waters surrounding North Sentinel Island after their boat drifted ashore, according to Survival International.
—Esha Mitra, CNN Money, 4 Apr. 2025
Mosquitoes are continual companions ashore, and a welcoming swarm had need in order to reproduce their kind.
—Alann B. Steen, Outdoor Life, 21 May 2025
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Hannah Phillips, USA Today, 4 June 2025
Ellie’s choppy boat ride, the rogue wave washing her ashore, her capture and release at the hands of the cult — all were colorful and dramatic but felt abrupt and even extraneous to the story.
—Mary McNamara, Los Angeles Times, 26 May 2025
Join 50 others in the comments View Comments Two years later, members of the tribe killed two poachers who had been illegally fishing in the waters surrounding North Sentinel Island after their boat drifted ashore, according to Survival International.
—Esha Mitra, CNN Money, 4 Apr. 2025
Mosquitoes are continual companions ashore, and a welcoming swarm had need in order to reproduce their kind.
—Alann B. Steen, Outdoor Life, 21 May 2025
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“Ashore.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ashore. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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ashore
adverb
ə-ˈshō(ə)r 
-ˈshȯ(ə)r
: on or to the shore
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