How to Use boat in a Sentence

boat

1 of 2 noun

• He tied the boat to the dock.
• Cruise ships and other boats filled the harbor.
• By the time Vass swam back to the boat, Tomas and I were drunk.
  — Matthew Gavin Frank, Harper's Magazine, 21 June 2023
• The city’s harbor, built in the 1960s, shares an entrance with the boat basin.
  — Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Jan. 2024
• The world’s coolest booze cruise doesn’t involve a boat.
  — Katie Jackson, Robb Report, 13 June 2023
• Day boat refers to fish that returns to shore the same day it was caught.
  — The Indianapolis Star, 5 Jan. 2024
• The problem remains: There’s no place to park the big boats.
  — Mark Thiessen, Anchorage Daily News, 18 June 2023
• As the storm approached, his two friends were able to swim back to their boat.
  — Aurora Sousanis, Detroit Free Press, 26 Aug. 2023
• Dorsey, who was four years old at the time, was found sleeping alone on the boat.
  — Marc Malkin, Variety, 1 Dec. 2023
• Responders pulled the man to the safety of the Tempe police boat.
  — Ellie Willard, The Arizona Republic, 5 June 2023
• Palmer said the Coast Guard has three small boats and an 87-foot patrol boat, Mako, at the scene.
  — Lawrence Richard, Fox News, 28 Mar. 2024
• The swimmer, attached to the board by a leash, would then tow the otter — still on the board — toward the boat.
  — Susanne Rust, Los Angeles Times, 20 July 2023
• Some 3,000 years ago, a hand-sewn boat sank off the coast of what is now Croatia.
  — Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 June 2023
• The French underground got him to Calais; from there, a fishing boat took him across the Strait of Dover.
  — Kathryn Schulz, The New Yorker, 18 Dec. 2023
• Enjoy a picnic, launch a boat, or set out on a hike along 8 miles of trails.
  — Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 26 Sep. 2023
• Mino had left first, in 2016, and was already in the U.S., building boat docks in East Texas.
  — Jonathan Blitzer, The New Yorker, 28 Jan. 2024
• All wore matching neon swimsuits for the boat day, in greens, oranges and pinks.
  — Dave Quinn, Peoplemag, 25 Sep. 2023
• Ten years later, Suzanne finally found a way to get off the boat.
  — Laurie Hertzel, Los Angeles Times, 19 Oct. 2023
• The boat arrived at nearly the same time as a LifeMed helicopter.
  — Anchorage Daily News, 7 Sep. 2023
• The pair shared a few kisses while on the boat and the hip-hop artist was seen standing up on the back of the boat laughing and and smiling.
  — Ilana Kaplan, Peoplemag, 21 Feb. 2024
• The boat begins to make a big arc, turning toward the Francis Scott Key Bridge.
  — Caitlin O'Kane, CBS News, 27 Mar. 2024
• As their daughter looked on, Myles could be seen getting down on one knee while the three were aboard a boat.
  — Lindsay Kimble, Peoplemag, 10 Sep. 2023
• To explore other Lake Tahoe boat tours, check out laketahoe.com/content/top-10-tahoe-boat-tours.
  — Reed Parsell, Sacramento Bee, 25 Jan. 2024
• There’s a man called the Odysseus of Honey who travels around by boats getting fresh honey from the bees.
  — Mark Ellwood, Fortune Europe, 6 Apr. 2024
• At dusk, several dozen lemon sharks rose from the depths and surrounded the dive boat.
  — Alan Taylor, The Atlantic, 20 Feb. 2024
• Two firefighters in a boat pulled a body from beneath a pile of debris.
  — Steven Rich, Washington Post, 17 Dec. 2023
• Suddenly, a humpback breached right in front of our boat.
  — oregonlive, 11 July 2023
• Spend some time exploring the area's souks or hop on an abra for a boat ride along the creek, which used to be the entry to the pearl diving port.
  — Alison Fox, Travel + Leisure, 2 Oct. 2023
• The sky was deep blue above and red at the horizon; the first stars were out, and the silvery sea below us was dotted with the lights of fishing boats.
  — Olivia Morelli, Condé Nast Traveler, 4 Dec. 2023
• Related article Her name is on a pub, a boat and an AI platform.
  — Catherine E. Shoichet, CNN, 4 Apr. 2024

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boat

2 of 2 verb

• We boated over to the island.
• But don’t wait for the chance to boat a daily bag limit of five of the feisty trout.
  — D'arcy Egan, cleveland, 12 Aug. 2021
• In fact, they are required for boating in many parts of the US.
  — Joe Jackson, Popular Mechanics, 2 Aug. 2023
• One of her neighbors still needs to boat across the new channel to reach his home.
  — Patrick M. O'Connell, chicagotribune.com, 26 Nov. 2019
• This bright and cheery city is the place to be for anyone who loves boating.
  — Lauren Smith McDonough, House Beautiful, 21 Feb. 2023
• Gray and his crew boated from Bethel to Akiak to check it out.
  — Anna Rose MacArthur, Anchorage Daily News, 15 July 2019
• To boat down the Bosphorus like the sultan to you deserve to be treated like.
  — Breanna Wilson, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2022
• Their plan is to boat across the Yukon River and camp out until it’s safe to return.
  — Olivia Ebertz, Anchorage Daily News, 13 June 2022
• The exact language of this rule, which remain in place for the rest of the 2023 boating season, is at IN.gov/nrc/rules/emergency-rules.
  — Michelle L. Quinn, Chicago Tribune, 21 June 2023
• The men had left Pilot Station 12 days ago to boat down to the coast to hunt seal and beluga whale.
  — Anna Rose MacArthur, Anchorage Daily News, 8 Nov. 2021
• The digs are a boating lover’s delight with a dock and lift directly in the backyard.
  — Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 18 July 2023
• And boating accidents are claiming the lives of kids in the United States.
  — Laura L. Davis, USA TODAY, 31 July 2023
• Ortiz boats a 15% winning clip and a win-place-show rate of 49% this season.
  — Ryan Black, The Courier-Journal, 2 May 2023
• Where to try it: Utah's Lake Powell is a boating mecca.
  — Brittany Loggins, Women's Health, 23 June 2023
• Petersburg will host — for maybe two hours at a time — five teams that will fly or boat to the island.
  — Beth Bragg, Anchorage Daily News, 2 Oct. 2020
• He was charged with three felony counts of boating under the influence.
  — Fox News, 28 Feb. 2023
• Still, this is when the water is warmest and boating season is at its prime; the intense heat doesn’t seem to scare away the crowds.
  — Skye Sherman, Travel + Leisure, 15 May 2023
• Learn more › Marine batteries are the unsung hero of the boating world.
  — Randy Zellers, Field & Stream, 10 Apr. 2023
• To read the rest of Shannon Tompkins' column for a crash course on boating etiquette, click here.
  — Shannon Tompkins, Houston Chronicle, 20 July 2019
• When the weather's warm, partake in all of Lake Champlain's fun — from boating and sunbathing at the beach to hiking along the shore.
  — Stefanie Waldek, Good Housekeeping, 22 Apr. 2023
• He was found in May 2022 near a popular swimming and boating area.
  — Stephanie Nolasco, Fox News, 6 June 2023
• Since it was first filled with water in 1923, the public has been forbidden from boating on it.
  — Tom Stienstra, SFChronicle.com, 27 Sep. 2019
• The ice is too thin for walking or snowmachining, and the water is too full of ice and debris to safely boat along.
  — Annie Berman, Anchorage Daily News, 5 May 2023
• Buyers would be able to boat and waterski on the main lake, hunt for fossils in its deep ravines and golf on the private golf course.
  — Dallas News, 1 Feb. 2023
• Here a basic guide to perch fishing, plus a Q&A full of great tips from an expert at boating jumbo perch now.
  — Bill Heavey, Field & Stream, 3 May 2023
• Lake Eufaula, Oklahoma: The state’s largest lake is a haven for boating and fishing.
  — Jen Murphy, Travel + Leisure, 6 Aug. 2023
• These younger passengers have their own reasons for thinking the boating life is cool.
  — Sara Bosworth, wsj.com, 21 Apr. 2023
• Though the waters were calm and familiar to us, the new sensation of boating at night was a bit unsettling.
  — Terry Castleman, Los Angeles Times, 28 Sep. 2023
• Members of the sheriff’s office search and rescue team, dive team, boating safety unit and other agencies responded to the scene to aid in the recovery of the two children.
  — Kimberlee Speakman, Peoplemag, 23 Feb. 2024
• And concrete is a pretty common material used in the boating business.
  — Jireh Deng, Los Angeles Times, 14 Mar. 2024

Last Updated: 5 Sep 2024