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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When: Females come ashore to give birth from late December to early February.
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Ethan Baron, Mercury News, 28 Mar. 2025
Martyn Boyers, chief executive of the Port of Grimsby East, told Sky News that 32 people had been brought ashore alive.
—Chantal Da Silva, NBC News, 10 Mar. 2025
The weather is also expected to take a dramatic turn in the Pacific Northwest as a storm pushing ashore later Wednesday could produce large hail, damaging wind gusts and possibly spawn tornadoes west of the Cascade Mountains.
—Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 26 Mar. 2025
Since the beginning of this year, Turks and Caicos has seen an influx of migrant rafts coming ashore.
—Peter D'abrosca, Fox News, 17 Mar. 2025
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Ethan Baron, Mercury News, 28 Mar. 2025
Martyn Boyers, chief executive of the Port of Grimsby East, told Sky News that 32 people had been brought ashore alive.
—Chantal Da Silva, NBC News, 10 Mar. 2025
The weather is also expected to take a dramatic turn in the Pacific Northwest as a storm pushing ashore later Wednesday could produce large hail, damaging wind gusts and possibly spawn tornadoes west of the Cascade Mountains.
—Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 26 Mar. 2025
Since the beginning of this year, Turks and Caicos has seen an influx of migrant rafts coming ashore.
—Peter D'abrosca, Fox News, 17 Mar. 2025
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“Ashore.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ashore. Accessed 24 Apr. 2025.
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ashore
adverb
ə-ˈshō(ə)r 
-ˈshȯ(ə)r
: on or to the shore
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