sandbar
noun
sand·bar
ˈsan(d)-ˌbär 
: a ridge of sand built up by currents especially in a river or in coastal waters
Examples of sandbar in a Sentence
We walked out onto the sandbar at low tide.
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Torch Lake in Michigan stuns with its clear turquoise water, deep glacial roots, and iconic summer sandbar scene.
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Taryn White, Travel + Leisure, 21 July 2025
The river had shallows, marshes, sandbars, oxbows, eddies, weed flats and drop offs, all of which created nurseries, hiding spots and ambush points for a food chain that included aquatic bugs, frogs, fish, turtles, alligators, deer, otters, panthers and eagles.
—Bill Kearney, Sun Sentinel, 29 June 2025
Paddlers, too, come for the abundant waterways, taking canoes and kayaks—rentals are widely available—past the Kickapoo’s sandstone cliffs or beaching them on the sandbars of the Wisconsin River, terminus of the 125-mile Kickapoo.
—Elaine Glusac, AFAR Media, 26 June 2025
At the time, water from the firefighting effort had swept down the mountain creek and unnaturally breached a sandbar that separated the lagoon from the Pacific Ocean.
—Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 18 June 2025
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Taryn White, Travel + Leisure, 21 July 2025
The river had shallows, marshes, sandbars, oxbows, eddies, weed flats and drop offs, all of which created nurseries, hiding spots and ambush points for a food chain that included aquatic bugs, frogs, fish, turtles, alligators, deer, otters, panthers and eagles.
—Bill Kearney, Sun Sentinel, 29 June 2025
Paddlers, too, come for the abundant waterways, taking canoes and kayaks—rentals are widely available—past the Kickapoo’s sandstone cliffs or beaching them on the sandbars of the Wisconsin River, terminus of the 125-mile Kickapoo.
—Elaine Glusac, AFAR Media, 26 June 2025
At the time, water from the firefighting effort had swept down the mountain creek and unnaturally breached a sandbar that separated the lagoon from the Pacific Ocean.
—Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 18 June 2025
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“Sandbar.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sandbar. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.
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sandbar
noun
sand·bar
-ˌbär
: a ridge of sand formed in water by tides or currents
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