Example sentences for: quays

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

  • Try le jogging — or more leisurely, le footing — in the big parks of the Bois de Boulogne and the Bois de Vincennes, on the Champ du Mars under the Tour Eiffel, along the quays beside the Seine, and in the Jardins des Tuileries.

  • Second-hand bookshops, commonly known as bouquinistes, line the quays of the Seine, especially between Pont St-Michel and Pont des Arts.

  • Rows of gulls perch on the ridges of the factory roofs that line the wooden quays and jetties, while a steady stream of fishing craft and whale-watch cruisers weigh and drop anchor.

  • Thousands of steamboats docked along the quays every year.

  • The city is clustered on a cliff; near the center, a twisting roadway (Costa de Ses Voltes) and flights of broad ceremonial steps lead down to the quays and port.


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