Example Sentences

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Creatures called “blue dragons” have been washing up on Texas beaches.

From Slate • Mar. 15, 2024

Pieces have been washing up along Cornish beaches ever since, and have been found as far away as the Channel Islands, Ireland, Holland and Denmark.

From BBC • Jul. 15, 2023

In the Black Sea port of Odesa, household garbage, mines, plastic, branches, and dead animals have been washing up along the city’s famed coastline after the dam disaster.

From New York Times • Jun. 17, 2023

Rotting carcasses of striped bass, bat rays and other fish have been washing up on the shores of the San Francisco Bay Area in recent days, after a toxic algae bloom spread across the area.

From Reuters • Aug. 31, 2022

I have been washing all day on the beach.

From Madge Morton, Captain of the Merry Maid by Chalmers, Amy D. V.