breakwall
Americannoun
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
The seven boaters were returning to shore about 4 a.m. when their boat hit a breakwall and capsized, police and Chicago Fire Department Chief Juan Hernandez said.
From Seattle Times
“You’ve just got an awesome location because you can race inside that breakwall area, right off Navy Pier. From a spectator point of view it’s awesome. The other thing is there were boats everywhere, lots of spectators. I had no idea that many people in Chicago had boats.”
From Seattle Times
We fell asleep to the sound of the waves crashing against the breakwall.
From Washington Post
He was off duty when the boat struck a breakwall in May 2018.
From Washington Times
It slid halfway into the water before getting caught on a breakwall.
From Seattle Times
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
