Examples of ashore in a Sentence
We docked our boat and went ashore to visit the island.
the seashells that wash ashore after a storm
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Additionally, the cruise line offers round-trip sailings from both Vancouver and Seattle—as well as one-way itineraries between Vancouver and Seward with more time ashore to explore at ports.
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Lauren Dana Ellman, Travel + Leisure, 10 Jan. 2026
Here, sea level rise is accelerating at some of the most extreme rates on Earth, while hurricanes increasingly are swirling ashore with an unprecedented ferociousness.
—Amy Green, Miami Herald, 9 Jan. 2026
Maduro and his wife were taken to the USS Iwo Jima, an amphibious assault ship usually used to carry troops and cargo ashore.
—Shane Harris, The Atlantic, 4 Jan. 2026
Fox, the 55-year-old co-founder of recreational swim group Kelp Krawlers, was far ahead of more than a dozen swimmers returning to Lovers Point beach in Pacific Grove early Sunday afternoon, but never came ashore.
—Ethan Baron, Mercury News, 24 Dec. 2025
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“Ashore.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ashore. Accessed 19 Jan. 2026.
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ashore
adverb
ə-ˈshō(ə)r 
-ˈshȯ(ə)r
: on or to the shore
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