How to Use deckhand in a Sentence

deckhand

noun

• The deckhand was later able to find the cat a new home.
  — Claudia Harmata, PEOPLE.com, 4 Aug. 2020
• Alvin was the first deckhand on the Alicia Rae, and the Alicia Rae was built in 1942.
  — Dan Egan, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 13 Aug. 2011
• The white boaters were clearly in the wrong, and people came to the aid of the Black deckhands, both during the fight and since.
  — Patrik Jonsson, The Christian Science Monitor, 17 Aug. 2023
• One of the deckhands jumped in the water to swim to his colleague’s defense.
  — Patrik Jonsson, The Christian Science Monitor, 17 Aug. 2023
• New York City’s new fleet of high-tech ferries is putting out the call for deckhands.
  — Washington Post, 2 July 2017
• As Thompson watched, deckhands worked with a long aluminum rod that had a hook on the end.
  — Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 1 Dec. 2019
• Stewardess and deckhand Wendy Ducker just joined the crew in the Gal�pagos.
  — James Shreeve, WIRED, 1 Aug. 2004
• Lee Rosbach, prefers a deckhand or stewardess to work through the end of a charter.
  — Alyssa Haak, Marie Claire, 11 Nov. 2019
• Captain Lee lays down the law, and Eddie wants to promote Jake to lead deckhand.
  — Washington Post, 8 Nov. 2021
• To get to the radio, divers would need to remove a part of the ship's deckhand to reach the room known as the Marconi Suite, which houses the device.
  — Kay Jones, CNN, 19 May 2020
• Our narrator is Benji, who worked on the yacht as a deckhand.
  — Washington Post, 1 Nov. 2021
• This leads to a shady meeting with a shadier sailor (Peter Stormare,) an old man with a nasty cough and a tugboat in need of a deckhand.
  — Matt Cabral, EW.com, 6 Feb. 2023
• Mahlon Reyes, a deckhand on the reality show, died of a heart attack at 38 over the summer.
  — David Oliver, USA TODAY, 29 Dec. 2020
• The 26-year-old was a deckhand on a commercial salmon fishing boat in Alaska.
  — Washington Post, 12 Feb. 2018
• The actresses then got a lesson in cutting bait from the boat's deckhand, who showed them how to behead a squid.
  — Olivia Jakiel, PEOPLE.com, 25 Mar. 2022
• Jake was a lead deckhand before, and Lee was impressed with his anchoring the boat.
  — Justin Curto, Vulture, 8 Nov. 2021
• Three deckhands on a second boat were injured when the tugboat crashed while trying to dock.
  — Laura McKnight, NOLA.com, 8 May 2018
• One of the remaining deckhands climbed the mast ladder to secure some rigging as the sun was dropping to the horizon.
  — John Kuntz, cleveland, 26 Dec. 2019
• Our new deckhand finally arrives, birthed from the sea foam like Aphrodite.
  — Molly Fitzpatrick, Vulture, 25 Mar. 2024
• Ruby wakes up at 3 a.m. to help her family as a deckhand on a fishing boat.
  — NBC News, 13 Aug. 2021
• Back on the Cornelia Marie, the bad times keep coming as another deckhand injures his hand on a slacked line.
  — Tyler McCarthy, Fox News, 1 May 2018
• Daniel Edgar hurries to run tags before a storm, and a deckhand who calls himself Black Rambo helps Don lead his boat.
  — Washington Post, 30 Mar. 2022
• The Time Bandit's crew rushed to save the life of a deckhand on another ship who fell into dangerous 30-foot waves.
  — Ashley Boucher, EW.com, 12 July 2022
• Expect to leave the parade bent over under the weight of beads, doubloons and other treasure like a deckhand totin' a barrel of rum.
  — Doug MacCash, NOLA.com, 7 Feb. 2018
• Five people were on board — the captain, deckhand and three contractors.
  — Laurel Andrews, Anchorage Daily News, 10 Jan. 2018
• The views from your porthole windows alone are enough to make any deckhand drop anchor for an extended stay.
  — Celine Bossart, ELLE Decor, 21 June 2016
• Eddie has spent the past few hours pestering Captain Lee about naming Jake the lead deckhand.
  — Justin Curto, Vulture, 8 Nov. 2021
• The sixth, a 26-year-old deckhand named Allie Kurtz , was sleeping below and perished with the boat's 33 passengers.
  — NBC News, 12 Sep. 2019
• The sixth, a 26-year-old deckhand named Allie Kurtz, was sleeping below deck and perished with the boat's 33 passengers.
  — NBC News, 27 Sep. 2019
• Drop a comment with your memories of the longtime deckhand below.
  — Andy Swift, TVLine, 14 June 2024

Last Updated: 10 Nov 2024