How to Use beach in a Sentence

beach

1 of 2 noun
  • We spent the day at the beach.
  • Not even the road to the beach.
    — Mosab Abu Toha, New Yorker, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Start with that boy on the beach.
    — Bryan Washington, New Yorker, 7 Sep. 2025
  • The beach club can be reached by lift.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 11 Apr. 2026
  • Haven’t been to the beach in a while.
    — Bryan Washington, New Yorker, 7 Sep. 2025
  • Need sunscreen for a day on the beach?
    — Melissa Locker, Southern Living, 19 Sep. 2025
  • From coast to coast, here are the best beach towns to call home.
    — Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 8 Feb. 2026
  • Who doesn’t enjoy a trip to the beach?
    — Marla Jo Fisher, Oc Register, 7 May 2026
  • The beach was starting to get busy.
    — Laylan Connelly, Oc Register, 24 Jan. 2026
  • Waves rose and slammed against beaches and coves.
    — Rick Hurd, Mercury News, 25 Oct. 2025
  • The beach is nice, the boardwalk is wild.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 26 Jan. 2026
  • Go to the beach, read books, drink coffee.
    — Annie Heilbrunn, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Sep. 2025
  • Someplace warm, where there was a beach.
    — Souvankham Thammavongsa, New Yorker, 22 Mar. 2026
  • The three-day event is big business for the beach.
    — Joan Murray, CBS News, 12 Apr. 2026
  • What's changed at the South Shore beach?
    — Maia Pandey, jsonline.com, 19 Sep. 2025
  • There’s this dog beach there, Rosie’s Beach.
    — Eric Ducker, Los Angeles Times, 27 Feb. 2026
  • The pool and beach, both with bar service, are steps away.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 11 June 2026
  • So she's got eclectic taste in beach reads, to say the least.
    — Kathleen Walsh, Glamour, 9 Jan. 2024
  • The beach path has been closed at that point since the landslide.
    — Laylan Connelly, Oc Register, 16 Feb. 2026
  • Best Things to Do Hit the beach.
    — Carley Rojas Avila, Travel + Leisure, 23 Feb. 2026
  • Add sandals for a beach day and heels for a night of ocean-side spritzes.
    — Kaelin Dodge, InStyle, 29 May 2026
  • Make this stretch of coast your home base by renting a beach house or lake house.
    — Kelsey Glennon, Southern Living, 7 Feb. 2026
  • No one was expecting a walk on the beach.
    — Dallas Morning News, 14 Feb. 2026
  • Best Things to Do Head to the beach.
    — Cu Fleshman, Travel + Leisure, 18 Oct. 2025
  • As dreamy as my villa was, the beach was calling.
    — Katie Lockhart, Travel + Leisure, 17 Oct. 2025
  • The weather was also nasty at the beach.
    — Rick Hurd, Mercury News, 28 May 2026
  • The boat dropped off the scientists at the beach.
    — Scott Neuman, NPR, 9 Mar. 2026
  • Over the next few days, ocean breezes will die down and the beaches will heat up.
    — Los Angeles Times, 6 May 2026
  • Stopped here after a day at the beach and the vibes were amazing!
    — Jessica Peralta, Oc Register, 19 Sep. 2025
  • Everyone likes a day at the beach.
    — Jordan Hoffman, EW.com, 1 Sep. 2025

beach

2 of 2 verb
  • The pirates beached the ship on the island.
  • Freeze and throw them in the cooler and take to beach or pool.
    — Doreen Christensen, sun-sentinel.com, 19 Aug. 2019
  • That would make them in the size range of softballs to beach balls.
    — Frank Witsil, Detroit Free Press, 24 Jan. 2022
  • To check out her go-to beach wave routine, watch the video above.
    — Sara Miranda, Allure, 12 Aug. 2021
  • The boat then beached itself and eight or so people ran off the boat.
    — Michael Dorgan, Fox News, 1 Feb. 2024
  • There’s still some time this year to splash at the pool and beach in a one-piece swimsuit.
    — Alyssa Grabinski, Peoplemag, 19 Aug. 2023
  • There will be tables, but guests are asked to bring blankets and beach chairs.
    — courant.com, 4 Aug. 2021
  • The crew drilled holes in the hull around the cargo hold and let the ship sink and beach itself.
    — David Reamer | Alaska History, Anchorage Daily News, 12 Feb. 2023
  • Unable to do so, a bird will beach itself in an attempt to stay warm.
    — Robin Estrin, Los Angeles Times, 14 Oct. 2021
  • Views vary from street and village views to harbor and beach vistas.
    — Pamela Wright, BostonGlobe.com, 29 Aug. 2019
  • Some are from real work shoots, some just beach days with the family.
    — Rania Aniftos, Billboard, 18 July 2022
  • The store is stocked with home goods and accessories ranging from bracelets to beach bags.
    — Lauren Dana Ellman, Travel + Leisure, 23 Feb. 2022
  • This cover-up dress will take you from brunch, to beach, to beachside dinner.
    — Jasmine Washington, Seventeen, 25 Jan. 2023
  • The sandy point, swept by a breeze most of the time, was ideal for beaching the canoes.
    — Marc Terziev, Outdoor Life, 25 June 2026
  • Whales have been beached Once upon a time, whales were the darlings of the beer scene.
    — Jay R. Brooks, Mercury News, 9 Jan. 2026
  • Outside is a deck and shower with a dog washing or beach clean-up station.
    — oregonlive, 31 July 2021
  • Monks will hand out small bags of sand and will lead a procession to beach to disperse the sand in the ocean.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Dec. 2021
  • The owners stripped the cannons and engine; the ship was beached and abandoned.
    — David Reamer | Alaska History, Anchorage Daily News, 25 June 2023
  • One of the men managed to work his way against the stream and beach himself on a nearby sandbar.
    — David Reamer, Anchorage Daily News, 10 Oct. 2022
  • The next day, the officers returned to find the whale had become beached on the shore.
    — Brendan Rascius, Miami Herald, 19 Aug. 2025
  • Which beaches do the predators frequent?
    — Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 13 May 2026
  • Then scope out the terrain, select the best spot to call from, quietly beach the boat, and set up.
    — Gerald Almy, Field & Stream, 19 Mar. 2021
  • Pack a lunch, sunscreen and beach chairs, and spend a few hours at the June Lake Beach.
    — San Francisco Chronicle, 1 July 2021
  • Here are some of the best Lake Erie beaches for your next shoreside getaway.
    — Molly McArdle, Travel + Leisure, 22 Mar. 2023
  • Whales are most likely to beach on shallow, sloping shores made of soft sediment.
    — Nora McGreevy, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 Sep. 2020
  • Dog beaches South Florida proves the best off-leash park is an ocean.
    — Eric Barton, Sun Sentinel, 4 Jan. 2026
  • When the doctor saw him, Colin told him about beaching the party boat.
    — Stephen King, The Atlantic, 15 May 2026
  • This, in turn, would help beach managers and would-be swimmers assess the risk of going in the water.
    — Sarah Sax, Wired, 17 July 2021
  • Teens and tweens will feel secure being active at the pool or beach in the swimsuit's thick, durable fabric.
    — Isabella Ubaldi, Health, 24 May 2023
  • One of the fish died and ended up beached near the jetty, according to officials.
    — Daniella Segura, Sacbee.com, 11 Sep. 2025

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