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Translations for „sandbank“ in the English » Russian Dictionary (Go to Russian » English )

sandbank N, sandbar [ˈsændbæŋk, ˈsændbɑ:ɐ, Am -bɑ:r] N

Usage examples with sandbank

to hit a reef/a sandbank

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English
This we drank after supper, lying on a little sandbank and watching the sun sinking behind the dunes.
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After 1883, the river moved westward, leaving a sandbank between the town and its port.
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The sandbank had apparently emerged during low tide, with water depths of less than two and a half fathoms (4.6 m).
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When entering the port, she struck a sandbank and foundered.
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The waves crashed heavily on her, and she started to break up as she thumped on the sandbank.
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The site was then a small sandbank on a coral reef.
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This panicked the captain into running his vessel aground against a sandbank.
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Approximately 1.2 million cubic metres of sand were deposited on the sandbank by hydraulic fill to create the core of the new island.
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It was originally a sandbank near the peninsula.
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The lighthouse was activated when the crossing of the sandbank became dangerous due to sea levels or storms.
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