Example sentences for: waterfront

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

  • From the center of town, head to the waterfront, especially if it’s anywhere near time for lunch or dinner.

  • In 1904, the narrow, double-decker trams ran along the waterfront, but land reclamation has placed them far inland.

  • By the waterfront is the Customs House Plaza, with the Maritime Museum, as well as the Old Custom House (1827), where the American flag was raised by Commodore John Sloat in 1846 when he claimed Monterey for the United States.

  • Also known as Itsukushima after its celebrated waterfront shrine, Miyajima island is one of Japan’s most popular travel destinations.

  • What's so hysterical about this piece of gritty city reporting, the kind of thing that makes true-blue newspaper types bluster with civic pride, is that on the very same day, the Wall Street Journal carries a puff piece about the development of the self-same waterfront: "In San Francisco, Great Views and a Ferry."


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