How to Use marshland in a Sentence

marshland

noun
  • At the time, there was at least a half-acre of marshland between the bluff, where the house was built, and the bay.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 4 Oct. 2019
  • As the camera panned through a lush marshland, a voiceover played.
    — Los Angeles Times, 1 Aug. 2022
  • The marshland enhancements are the first phase of the larger project.
    — Adrian Rodriguez, The Mercury News, 17 Apr. 2024
  • Strolling along the boardwalk is a breezy way to explore the marshland and shoreline.
    — Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 27 July 2023
  • Huge packs have dug up hills and riverbanks and mowed down marshlands.
    — Kurtis Alexander, San Francisco Chronicle, 9 Feb. 2018
  • Just east of the San Mateo Bridge, the car crashed into a fence and the driver ran into the marshlands.
    — Jason Green, The Mercury News, 5 June 2019
  • Now it’s been whittled to about a mile wide by three miles long, most of that marshland that barely clears the tide.
    — Earl Swift, Outside Online, 20 June 2018
  • The name Frogmore was inspired by the abundance of frogs on the estate's marshland.
    — Erica Gonzales, Harper's BAZAAR, 22 Mar. 2018
  • The firm garnered an empire of 3,000 acres, mainly marshland, on the east side of the railroad tracks.
    — Shirley Burgett, The Mercury News, 12 Apr. 2017
  • Eventually, the band of crows — called a murder — lands at the San Joaquin marshlands in Irvine, where the birds will spend the night.
    — Hannah Fry, latimes.com, 17 Mar. 2018
  • The new marshland study delayed any decision on the fate of the area until at least 2022.
    — David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 May 2021
  • The site on the former marshland by the river was preferred by Bacon.
    — Michael E. Ruane, BostonGlobe.com, 28 May 2022
  • As the day waned, Merda found some concrete structures, which gave him respite from the swampy marshland.
    — Jonathan Edwards, Anchorage Daily News, 13 Sep. 2022
  • As the day waned, Merda found some concrete structures, which gave him respite from the swampy marshland.
    — Jonathan Edwards, Washington Post, 12 Sep. 2022
  • As the day waned, Merda found some concrete structures, which gave him respite from the swampy marshland.
    — Jonathan Edwards, Anchorage Daily News, 13 Sep. 2022
  • Her head was found by a sheriff's team picking up litter in the marshland.
    — Fox News, 29 May 2021
  • On the other side was marshland, above which a wooden bridge, marked private, led to a house hidden by the trees.
    — New York Times, 12 Nov. 2019
  • Mammoths once sipped at Tulare Lake’s shores, and tule elk ranged in its marshlands.
    — Shawn Hubler, New York Times, 2 Apr. 2023
  • Rivers and land merge in a giant delta of marshland and mangrove where Tabasco lies at the crook of the Gulf of Mexico.
    — Elisabeth Malkin, New York Times, 1 Dec. 2019
  • The land includes a 1.5-mile-long stretch of wild, non-swimming beach, with rare dune plants, marshland and mature oak bluff.
    — cleveland.com, 11 June 2017
  • For miles along the state’s edge, including here in Ocean Springs, what would be grassy marshland is now a narrow beach.
    — Chelsea Brasted, WSJ, 19 Aug. 2022
  • Today, the area near the marshland is more known for the low-cost liquor store at the emirate’s Barracuda Beach Resort.
    — Jon Gambrell, The Christian Science Monitor, 4 Nov. 2022
  • Today, the area near the marshland is more known for the low-cost liquor store at the emirate's Barracuda Beach Resort.
    — Jon Gambrell, ajc, 3 Nov. 2022
  • In 1887, a builder named M.C. Wicks tried to create a harbor in the marshlands, only to watch winter storms wash away his progress.
    — Los Angeles Times, 11 Sep. 2019
  • Raad al-Ghali, a buffalo herder in the historic marshland of Chibayish, sits with a cousin.
    — Washington Post, 21 Oct. 2021
  • Which is why Boustany and his team are working to restore areas of key marshland along the coast.
    — Gena Somra, CNN, 6 June 2018
  • How the unlucky horse ended up in what was, at the time, an inter-tidal marshland remains murky.
    — Alex Fox, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 Aug. 2020
  • There is quite a large area of bottomland forest and marshlands year round.
    — Karl Schneider, The Indianapolis Star, 20 Dec. 2024
  • In winter, the dunes and marshlands take on an almost otherworldly appearance as the sun casts long shadows over the frosty sand.
    — Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 2 Feb. 2025
  • The spot preserves 2,600 acres of marshland, beaches, and upland maritime forest.
    — Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 11 Mar. 2025

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