How to Use sailboat in a Sentence
sailboat
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The men who fell off the boat were able to swim to a nearby sailboat.
— Amir Vera and Melissa Alonso, CNN, 11 Oct. 2020 -
Aboard a small sailboat, two men waved their arms, and a flag.
— Chris Kenning, USA TODAY, 15 Dec. 2022 -
His sailboat was out of the water on boat stands when the surge picked up.
— Li Cohen, CBS News, 4 Oct. 2022 -
Who would want to captain a sailboat in pumps and a dress?
— Abby Gardner, Allure, 10 Aug. 2019 -
The best way to see each island is by rental car and sailboat.
— Lauren Mowery, Forbes, 24 Jan. 2023 -
The men watched the top of the sailboat’s mast disappear beneath the swells.
— Tomas Weber, Rolling Stone, 18 May 2024 -
Search crews found the suit, which would have kept him dry, on the sailboat Friday.
— Lilly Price, Baltimore Sun, 30 July 2023 -
Dancers thrashed atop the sailboat, but SZA escaped, taking to the sky in a life raft.
— Jaelani Turner-Williams, Rolling Stone, 22 Feb. 2023 -
Got stuck on a wooden sailboat in a storm off the coast of Mozambique.
— Ruthie Ackerman, Vogue, 27 Dec. 2023 -
Pfeifer’s son keeps the 18-foot Hobie Cat sailboat at his own home.
— Stephanie Pagones, Fox News, 11 Sep. 2020 -
In the heaving seas of the Southern Ocean, a small, red-hulled sailboat tossed and rolled, at the mercy of the tail end of a tempest.
— Longreads, 5 Oct. 2022 -
In the summer, launch free kayaks, canoes, SUPs, or a sailboat from the dock, or opt for the ocean, five miles away.
— Alison Van Houten, Outside Online, 1 Oct. 2020 -
The use of cedar plugs dates back more than 150 years, to the coast of France, where anglers trolled them for tuna on sailboats.
— Joe Cermele, Field & Stream, 4 Jan. 2024 -
Worked as a crew member on a sailboat that traveled along the East Coast and to the Caribbean.
— CNN, 9 Mar. 2022 -
The worst my father-in-law ever did to me was serve Genesse Cream Ale on his sailboat.
— BostonGlobe.com, 5 Nov. 2019 -
The book describes his two decades of work scouring the world’s oceans for microbes from a 100-foot sailboat.
— David Ewing Duncan, Scientific American, 8 Sep. 2023 -
Ever seen footage of a whale passing by a tiny sailboat or kayak?
— Anna Kaufman, USA TODAY, 10 Aug. 2022 -
Those worries are a moot point with the Tiwal 3, a crazy-cool sailboat that can fit in the trunk of your car.
— Madison Flager, House Beautiful, 30 Oct. 2018 -
This shimmering tower of blue and white glass is shaped like the jib of a sailboat bound for shore.
— Craig Welch, National Geographic, 20 Sep. 2019 -
In a May 4 incident in the Strait of Gibraltar, a group of three orcas pierced the rudder of a sailboat.
— Laura Barcella, Peoplemag, 25 May 2023 -
So the sailboat remains anchored, a blue tarp pulled taut over its deck.
— Laurel Wamsley, NPR, 30 Mar. 2024 -
Reaching the docks along the Cape Fear River, the men commandeered a small sailboat.
— New York Times, 17 June 2022 -
That is what happened to Garry Crothers, 64, who was on his sailboat in St. Maarten.
— John Clarke, WSJ, 5 Aug. 2020 -
The sailboat has crossed the Cook Inlet, sailing toward Naknek.
— Brian Venua, Anchorage Daily News, 14 July 2022 -
The white sailboat outside of Michelin Group’s Swiss office doesn’t have a sail at all.
— IEEE Spectrum, 14 Mar. 2023 -
Three weeks and 20 coats later, the bar was shiny as a sailboat, and the pandemic was raging.
— BostonGlobe.com, 15 June 2021 -
The bodies of at least four migrants were seen next to floating debris from the sailboat.
— Thanassis Stavrakis, BostonGlobe.com, 6 Oct. 2022 -
Like a sailboat caught in a summer squall, the good ship Liz’s Luck righted itself as soon as the winds died down.
— Walter Shapiro, The New Republic, 15 Aug. 2019 -
The sailboat was quickly approaching a sandbar as rough surf tossed the vessel around.
— Greg Wehner, Fox News, 30 Sep. 2024 -
Local firefighters checked on homes and boats, including looking to see if anyone was inside a sailboat that landed atop a city park.
— Chris Kenning, USA TODAY, 10 Oct. 2024
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