the docks

plural noun

: the area in a town or city that has rows of docks, offices, and other buildings

We went down to the docks to watch the ships come in.

Examples of the docks in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web The two-story catamaran leaves from the docks of the Historic Seaport and offers an adventurous day of paddling through a maze of backcountry mangroves to spot wildlife, and then sailing to a stunning sandbar. —

Miami Herald, 30 May 2024 About a month passed before another duo of co-conspirators stole checks from the docks of a post office in El Segundo on June 8, according to court documents. —

Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 22 May 2024 But when a blue plastic bag sails past the docks of the Arc de Seine Kayak club, Pierre Leguay points excitedly, ready to scoop it up. —

Colette Davidson, The Christian Science Monitor, 22 May 2024 By January 1990, more than 150 sea lions swarmed the docks, drawing tourists who had avoided the area for months after the earthquake. —

Hailey Branson-Potts, Los Angeles Times, 8 May 2024 That fall, the docks at Pier 39 had just finished being remodeled, but the boats hadn't moved back in yet. —

Emma Bowman, NPR, 4 May 2024 An unusually large herd of sea lions hauled out of the bay waters to hang out on the docks at Pier 39, a popular tourist destination. —

Emma Bowman, NPR, 4 May 2024 Watch the swans drift by my windows and, in the summer, the neighborhood kids swimming and swinging off the docks. —

Kadish Morris, New York Times, 10 Apr. 2024 Baby eels, also called elvers, are likely the most valuable fish in the United States on a per-pound basis – worth orders of magnitude more money at the docks than lobsters, scallops or salmon. —

Patrick Whittle, Fortune, 15 Mar. 2024

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