Example sentences for: shores

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

  • Observing the Englishmen cut down entire forests to obtain firewood, the Indians reasonably concluded that a shortage of fuel must have driven these wancomplexioned visitors to their shores.

  • John McCain, R-Ariz., "has joked that as a prisoner of war in North Vietnam he slept more soundly knowing that Bush was defending the shores of Texas from invasion."

  • The north and south shores of the lake have their own distinct personalities.

  • Better bets are Ponta do Sol and Ribeira Brava where, during summer, beach umbrellas are put up and locals and tourists crowd onto the rocky shores.

  • Just a small quibble with Sarah Kerr's review of Breaking the Waves ("Sex and Longing") . Kerr claims that Lars Von Trier's last film to reach American audiences was Zentropa , when (as the "Links" section at the bottom of the article correctly notes) Von Trier's last film to reach these shores was The Kingdom , a film which, while made for television, was given a theatrical release in the United States.


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