riverbank
Americannoun
-
riverbanks
plural
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of riverbank
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.
See Examples For:
On the Estonian side, antitank obstacles called dragon’s teeth are splayed along a small section of the riverbank, fenced in by barbed wire.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026
About 210 million years ago, two early relatives of modern crocodiles stood near each other among the low ferns of a humid riverbank in what is now northern New Mexico.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 30, 2026
Insp Neil Pryce said witnesses and items left on the riverbank indicated where the boy may have entered the water.
From BBC ● May 31, 2026
To visit by car, you’ve got to take the expressway south to an easy-to-miss exit and make two quick U-turns down to the riverbank.
From Slate ● May 27, 2026
They’d feed off the plants on the riverbank.
From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo
Lead volunteer Graham Hollingwood said the group was approaching the 1,000 bag milestone which "just shows how much work goes into protecting our riverbanks" and the "phenomenal" efforts of volunteers.
From BBC ● Sep. 6, 2026
Alder and ash pollen indicated vegetation associated with riverbanks and seashores, which occur along the coast and in the nearby hinterland.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 21, 2026
Meanwhile, environmental restoration has made some of Brazil’s urban riverbanks and lagoons friendlier to capybaras.
From Slate ● May 27, 2026
Since dawn, he and around 20 colleagues have paddled along the riverbanks in their weathered wooden canoes.
From Barron's ● May 20, 2026
It emerged in seeps along riverbanks, where it was blotted up with blankets to be made into patent medicines esteemed for their value to cure everything from scrofula to diarrhea.
From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson
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.
