How to Use shore in a Sentence

shore

1 of 2 noun
  • Stay flat and roll your way to shore.
    — Alysia Burgio, CBS News, 5 Jan. 2026
  • Life by the shore comes at a cost, though.
    — Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 23 June 2026
  • The boat, left there on shore, had touched off a prompt alarm.
    — Elwyn "bud" Myers, Outdoor Life, 11 Mar. 2026
  • So much swimming just to die on the shore.
    — Jonathan Blitzer, New Yorker, 5 Jan. 2026
  • This risk alone should be enough to keep drilling away from our shores.
    — Shane Weddle, The Orlando Sentinel, 25 Feb. 2026
  • And some of those sites may be on foreign shores.
    — Mike Wall, Space.com, 13 May 2026
  • Each summer and fall, sharks hunt for seals close to shore.
    — Rick Sobey, Boston Herald, 9 Sep. 2025
  • That’s when the rescue boat has to come and drag them to shore.
    — Brian Moylan, Vulture, 5 Mar. 2026
  • But the plane took off again before the men could reach the shore.
    — Marguerite Reiss, Outdoor Life, 9 Oct. 2025
  • Its violence has shown up at our shores.
    — Agustina Vergara Cid, Oc Register, 23 Jan. 2026
  • On shore nearby was a dry cedar log about 12 feet long.
    — Jim Hoagland, Outdoor Life, 30 Apr. 2026
  • Like the swell of a wave drawn irresistibly to the shore.
    — Taran Khan, The Dial, 24 Mar. 2026
  • The man was brought by boat to shore, but paramedics weren’t able to revive him.
    — Brie Stimson, FOXNews.com, 6 June 2026
  • The dense greenery that backs the iconic sandy shore.
    — Condé Nast Traveler, 21 Jan. 2026
  • Boat and shore dives can be arranged for all skill levels.
    — Catherine Garcia, TheWeek, 30 Apr. 2026
  • Singh points to the mangroves lining the shore.
    — Christopher Elliott, Forbes.com, 10 May 2026
  • If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help.
    — Nc Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 10 Sep. 2025
  • If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help.
    — Nc Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 13 Sep. 2025
  • If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help.
    — Nc Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 15 Sep. 2025
  • If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help.
    — Anna Skinner, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Sep. 2025
  • If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help.
    — Nc Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 23 Sep. 2025
  • If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help.
    — Nc Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 6 Oct. 2025
  • If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help.
    — Nc Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 31 Oct. 2025
  • If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help.
    — Nc Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 30 Oct. 2025
  • If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help.
    — Nc Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 28 Oct. 2025
  • If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help.
    — Nc Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 27 Oct. 2025
  • If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help.
    — Nc Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 19 Oct. 2025
  • If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help.
    — Nc Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 15 Oct. 2025
  • If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help.
    — Nc Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 13 Oct. 2025
  • If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help.
    — Nc Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 12 Oct. 2025

shore

2 of 2 verb
  • But an east wind helped guide the boat to shore.
    — David Chiu, PEOPLE, 10 June 2026
  • Day boat refers to fish that returns to shore the same day it was caught.
    — The Indianapolis Star, 5 Jan. 2024
  • All were either rescued or able to get to shore on their own.
    — Marlene Lenthang, NBC News, 22 Jan. 2024
  • She was later helped to shore by bystanders and a man in a boat.
    — Jason Duaine Hahn, PEOPLE.com, 27 July 2022
  • The crew took the people to shore where paramedics were waiting.
    — David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 5 Jan. 2026
  • The rudder was battered, and the trio had to be towed to shore in Spain.
    — Susanne Rust, Los Angeles Times, 19 June 2023
  • After making it to shore, the bird stands at full height and shakes its wet feathers.
    — Kelli Bender, Peoplemag, 17 Nov. 2023
  • There, Francis said far too many people had never made it to shore.
    — Nicole Winfield and Sylvie Corbet The Associated Press, Arkansas Online, 23 Sep. 2023
  • To shore up the market, the central bank was forced to buy government bonds.
    — Julia Horowitz, CNN, 29 Mar. 2023
  • People nearby rushed into the water to help the group and brought them all to shore.
    — Charna Flam, PEOPLE, 5 Sep. 2025
  • Otis, this year, truly put in the effort to shore himself up for winter.
    — Erin Berger, Outside Online, 7 Oct. 2021
  • The bull elephant seal charged into the ocean after the pup and pushed it to shore with its head, the study said.
    — Don Sweeney, Sacramento Bee, 3 Mar. 2024
  • The Marines had no choice but to bail out of their vessels and wade to shore through enemy fire.
    — Catherine Musemeche, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 July 2022
  • The attorneys said Pino’s boat was used to take the bottles and cans to shore to be thrown away.
    — David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 10 June 2026
  • Leith returned me to shore in a motorboat.
    — Julian Lucas, New Yorker, 29 Sep. 2025
  • The cruise port allows up to four ships to dock at once, while any more remain in the harbor and tender to shore.
    — Carley Rojas Avila, Travel + Leisure, 10 July 2023
  • Some have tried driving through it, only to end up swimming to shore or having to be rescued.
    — Shawn Hubler Mark Abramson, New York Times, 25 June 2023
  • Jobs that were thought to be safe from off-shoring and AI are all of sudden at very real risk.
    — Cortney Harding, Forbes.com, 11 Aug. 2025
  • Lo then jumps overboard to escape the assault and swims through the freezing waters to shore.
    — Megan McCluskey, Time, 10 Oct. 2025
  • Even with small waves, getting Wessels to shore wasn’t easy, Weber said.
    — Laylan Connelly, Orange County Register, 25 Feb. 2024
  • Tank vessels are used at times to transport oil to shore as an alternative to pipelines.
    — Justine Calma, The Verge, 3 Jan. 2024
  • After all, their long-term goal is more likely to kill off network TV, not shore it up.
    — Josef Adalian, Vulture, 26 Sep. 2025
  • From there, the player and his brothers helped get the family to shore and the pilot to a rescue boat.
    — Tracey Harrington McCoy, Peoplemag, 30 Dec. 2022
  • Our group of eight made our way from the ship to shore in a zodiac where a single gentoo penguin greeted us.
    — Melissa McGibbon, Travel + Leisure, 5 Mar. 2024
  • In photos taken of the star, he could be seen walking on to shore after a quick dip in the ocean in black swim trunks and black shades.
    — Kimberlee Speakman, Peoplemag, 28 Dec. 2023
  • Yip said the city sought to use a federal grant to help pay for demolition and abutment shoring costs.
    — Caelyn Pender, Mercury News, 15 June 2026
  • Kenny eventually reeled the shark close enough to shore to unhook and release it.
    — Ryan Brennan, Kansas City Star, 25 Feb. 2026
  • Fertility fell to a record low last year, confounding efforts to shore it up.
    — Daniel Moss, Twin Cities, 12 Apr. 2026
  • Their wife and mother made it to shore and the father was pulled in by an off-duty lifeguard, but died a short time later.
    — Tim Fang, CBS News, 25 Nov. 2025
  • Just a few weeks earlier, Wall Street’s biggest banks had stepped in to shore it up with their own cash.
    — Hannah Levitt, Fortune, 1 May 2023

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