Sentence examples for a breakwater from inspiring English sources

These would float on giant concrete barges surrounded by a breakwater.

Holyhead's harbour was improved with a breakwater in 1873 and was enlarged by 1880.

It lies on Algoa Bay of the Indian Ocean, its deepwater harbour enclosed by a breakwater.

Recently when the beaches were closed, children on a breakwater collected jellyfish in a bucket.

In 1999 a Russian oil tanker ran aground at the wall's northwest corner, damaging a breakwater.

"Today is a breakwater in the history of this party," Nuttall said.

Coasts are reef-strewn, but a breakwater in St. Aubin's Bay protects St. Helier Harbour from southwest gales.

The Swansea Bay scheme envisages an area of 4.4 sq miles (11.5 sq km) cordoned off by a breakwater.

Public broadcaster NHK showed images of a large ship ramming into a breakwater in Kennuma city, Miyagi prefecture.

Marmagao, sheltered by a promontory and outfitted with a breakwater and quay, is one of the major ports between Mumbai and Kozhikode (Calicut; in the state of Kerala).

The Mississippi headwaters are a peculiar attraction, a pretty spot with the water from a reedy lake spilling over a breakwater of rocks, but hardly breathtaking.