Example sentences for: ashore

How can you use “ashore” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • It came ashore in North Carolina, causing floods and power outages throughout the Southeast, then was downgraded to a tropical storm as it moved north.

  • Today’s cruise ships usually do the same, and their passengers are ferried ashore for sightseeing excursions.

  • Likewise, it is indisputable that many nautical expressions have come ashore to be used metaphorically by landlubbers.

  • The name La Ropa (“the Clothing”) was given to the beach where the silk later washed ashore.

  • Almost half of Madeira’s 270,000 people live in Funchal (pronounced “foon-shawl”), and cruise-ship passengers stride ashore daily for a frenzied flurry of sightseeing and shopping.


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