How to Use ferryboat in a Sentence

ferryboat

noun

• The ferryboat Ramona was coming across the bay at the time of the accident.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 July 2019
• Getting to this view requires a ferryboat ride and a round-trip hike of 4.5 miles.
  — Tom Stienstra, SFChronicle.com, 14 Aug. 2020
• The day also marked the end of the line for Coronado ferryboats.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Aug. 2019
• The historic Eureka ferryboat is docked at the Hyde Street Pier.
  — Gary Kamiya, SFChronicle.com, 25 Dec. 2020
• Pile onto a ferryboat in Mobile for the 40-minute trip across the bay, or drive over the 3-mile bridge to get to the parks, beaches, trails and plenty of spots to commune with nature.
  — Atlanta Travel, ajc, 17 Apr. 2017
• From a ferryboat in the bay, the buildings outlined in holiday lights make the skyline look magical.
  — Carl Nolte, SFChronicle.com, 14 Dec. 2019
• The open-deck ferryboat from Cedar Island to Ocracoke hums along for just over two hours to a terminal in a sheltered harbor.
  — Sandy Lang, Southern Living, 19 May 2021
• For years, the Greek government seemed content to run Piraeus largely as a commuter port for the ferryboats that take millions of locals and tourists to islands in the Aegean Sea.
  — By vivienne Walt, Fortune, 22 July 2019
• Hanging over the mild action of the book is a recent horror: the deaths of four members of Arvid’s family in a conflagration on a ferryboat that killed 159 people in all.
  — Nina Renata Aron, Los Angeles Times, 2 Feb. 2022
• Getting There Fly into Split airport and take a ferryboat (roughly two hours) or catamaran (one hour) to Hvar island; check the boat schedules at www.jadrolinija.hr.
  — Anja Mutić, WSJ, 19 July 2018
• Now the Rudin family is tweaking that rule, adding another mode of transportation—a ferryboat.
  — Keiko Morris, WSJ, 21 Aug. 2017
• Federal security guards can't leave their posts in the middle of a terrorist threat … A ferryboat crew can't drive their boat out into the middle of the river and abandon ship.
  — Irina Ivanova, CBS News, 13 Jan. 2023
• Water taxis, ferryboats and private craft buzzed about the harbor loaded with visitors.
  — Scott Harrison, latimes.com, 21 May 2017
• However, as one keen-eyed fan pointed out, Meredith did technically put away the ferryboat cap in the season 14 finale, so this move shouldn't have come as a surprise.
  — Caroline Picard, Good Housekeeping, 28 Sep. 2018
• That was when Grigoris Karnesis, a veteran Greek ferryboat captain, spotted the child.
  — Iliana Magra, New York Times, 28 Aug. 2020
• Drivers might notice a container ship passing under the bridge sometimes, a ferryboat coming or going on the waterfront.
  — Carl Nolte, San Francisco Chronicle, 22 Oct. 2022
• Alternatively, take a ferryboat or catamaran from the coastal cities of Rijeka, Zadar or Pula; check www.jadrolinija.hr for schedules.
  — Anja Mutić, WSJ, 19 July 2018
• Ship models can be viewed and appreciated up close in the new visitor annex aboard the Maritime Museum’s steam ferryboat Berkeley.
  — David L. Coddon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Nov. 2021
• At least 7 dead as 3 ferries capsize in the Philippines: At least 31 others were rescued when three ferryboats separately capsized in bad weather Saturday between two central Philippine island provinces, the coast guard said.
  — Washington Post, 3 Aug. 2019
• Orientation is scheduled for Jan. 4 at 6 p.m. aboard the museum’s Berkeley ferryboat.
  — John Wilkens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Nov. 2022
• Those contracts range from masks and medical equipment to janitorial cleaning, video productions and even ferryboat services.
  — Jessica Flores, USA TODAY, 9 July 2020

Last Updated: 24 Jul 2024