Ashore is an English word. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Ashore in a sentence
Ashore meaning
- On the land as opposed to onboard.
- On, or towards the shore.
Synonyms of Ashore
Using Ashore
- The main meaning on this page is: On the land as opposed to onboard. | On, or towards the shore.
- Useful related words include: on land, toward land, onto land.
- In the example corpus, ashore often appears in combinations such as: washed ashore, ashore in, came ashore.
Context around Ashore
- Average sentence length in these examples: 27.2 words
- Position in the sentence: 4 start, 5 middle, 11 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Ashore
- In this selection, "ashore" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 27.2 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, came, brought, washed, aboard, late and near stand out and add context to how "ashore" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include been dragged ashore and a and body washed ashore at queensland. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "ashore" sits close to words such as affirming, antigua and betts, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with ashore
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Behind the beautiful Floridian, clear blue water and ocean waves crashed ashore. (12 words)
Hawaii Wildlife Fund and Hawaiian Electric volunteers recently partnered to collect marine debris that washed ashore on Kamilo Point. (19 words)
Having assessed the situation, a decision was made for crew member Cathal Kinsella to swim ashore with a tow rope. (20 words)
However, some briefly heavy showers and an isolated thunderstorm formed overnight along weak eddies in the near shore waters S and W of the island, and some soaking showers managed to move ashore near Hawaiian Ocean View Estates and Milolii. (40 words)
High water and dangerous rip currents have been besieging much of the West coast from southern California to Oregon since Thursday, caused by a series of powerful storms that have been making their way ashore from the Pacific Ocean. (39 words)
I can’t even describe it,” one crew member with reddish hair said as the sailors walked ashore with dazed looks and bloodshot eyes after their vessel was cut loose from cables that had snagged it. (36 words)
Example sentences (20)
William came ashore on 5/15 November.sfn When Burnet was ashore he hastened to William and eagerly enquired what William now intended to do.
Aid workers and officials have said that the death toll is likely to keep rising, as bodies continue to wash up ashore.
All migrants, including four women and 15 minors — five of them unescorted — were brought ashore aboard police patrol boats and transferred to a migrant reception center.
A man and his son died trying to save their livestock in Gujarat state, where the storm came ashore late Thursday after more than 180,000 people took shelter in the two countries.
Beachgoers were left baffled over the weekend when they came across what appeared to be a body washed ashore at Queensland's Bribie Island.
Beaton said he doesn't know how the market might be affected if Nova Scotia harvesters decide to fish while those in Newfoundland and Labrador remain ashore.
Behind the beautiful Floridian, clear blue water and ocean waves crashed ashore.
But he made it onboard, ashore, and eventually, in the middle of the night, to a hotel on the outskirts of Liverpool with other people seeking asylum.
Flounder, Poor Cod, Dab, and Smooth-Hound were among the top 10 most-caught fish species brought ashore around Ireland’s coasts last year.
Having assessed the situation, a decision was made for crew member Cathal Kinsella to swim ashore with a tow rope.
Hawaii Wildlife Fund and Hawaiian Electric volunteers recently partnered to collect marine debris that washed ashore on Kamilo Point.
He didn’t know what kind of boats they were, but said pangas - small open boats with outboard engines used in smuggling operations - often come ashore there.
High water and dangerous rip currents have been besieging much of the West coast from southern California to Oregon since Thursday, caused by a series of powerful storms that have been making their way ashore from the Pacific Ocean.
However, some briefly heavy showers and an isolated thunderstorm formed overnight along weak eddies in the near shore waters S and W of the island, and some soaking showers managed to move ashore near Hawaiian Ocean View Estates and Milolii.
However, the boat reached him within no time due to high levels of alertness of the men and the individual was pulled out of the water into the boat and then taken ashore.
I can’t even describe it,” one crew member with reddish hair said as the sailors walked ashore with dazed looks and bloodshot eyes after their vessel was cut loose from cables that had snagged it.
In 1968, Davis was “assigned ashore…as fleet operations officer on the staff of the commander-in-chief, U.S. Pacific Fleet” (“New Pacific Fleet”).
It has been dragged ashore, and a boom has been established around the machine to prevent oil or fuel spills from spreading into the bay.
I've had several commercial fishermen tell me they've witnessed boats dragging dead whales out to sea in order to limit the number washing ashore.
Latest reports suggest that the oil is continuing to dissipate, however some oil has come ashore in a small number of areas and PHC is in the process of clearing up these areas.
Common combinations with ashore
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- washed ashore 27×
- ashore in 21×
- came ashore 19×
- ashore and 17×
- ashore on 15×
- aegis ashore 11×
- brought ashore 10×
- ashore at 10×
- come ashore 8×
- ashore to 8×