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ashore
[uh-shawr, uh-shohr]
adverb
to the shore; onto the shore.
The schooner was driven ashore.
on the shore; on land rather than at sea or on the water.
The captain has been ashore for two hours.
ashore
/ əˈʃɔː /
adverb
towards or onto land from the water
we swam ashore
adjective
on land, having come from the water
a day ashore before sailing
Example Sentences
Some of these robots, still packed in their boxes, wash ashore on a remote island.
In a search and rescue operation carried out on Monday, 18 of the ship's 22 crew members were rescued and brought ashore where some of them are being treated for injuries.
Andrew was the first to get caught, he had stayed out on the water while his brother went ashore to get a different surfboard.
Then there are “near-source” tsunamis, which can wash ashore in as little as 10 minutes following a nearby earthquake — leaving little time for a notice or evacuation.
Bodies from the wreckage washed ashore at Talland Bay and Looe, in Cornwall, and "locals were confronted by this picture of horror, pieces of ship together with bodies," he said.
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