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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There is a huge sandbar that guests can walk from the main property to a restaurant.
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Meggen Harris, Forbes.com, 11 Apr. 2025
Photos show two of the endangered sandbar sharks found in the Western Visayas.
—Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 26 Mar. 2025
Winter storms may have profoundly altered the shoreline, erasing a sandbar here, adding a new one there, or sculpting a long sand cliff along the high-tide line.
—Owen Thomas, The Christian Science Monitor, 12 Mar. 2025
Navigating these giants through narrow harbor entrances, past shallow sandbars, or around other marine traffic is no simple task.
—David Nikel, Forbes.com, 3 Apr. 2025
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Meggen Harris, Forbes.com, 11 Apr. 2025
Photos show two of the endangered sandbar sharks found in the Western Visayas.
—Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 26 Mar. 2025
Winter storms may have profoundly altered the shoreline, erasing a sandbar here, adding a new one there, or sculpting a long sand cliff along the high-tide line.
—Owen Thomas, The Christian Science Monitor, 12 Mar. 2025
Navigating these giants through narrow harbor entrances, past shallow sandbars, or around other marine traffic is no simple task.
—David Nikel, Forbes.com, 3 Apr. 2025
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“Sandbar.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sandbar. Accessed 24 Apr. 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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