How to Use skipper in a Sentence

skipper

noun

• The skipper shifted course and told us that a pod of sperm whales lay just over a mile to the northwest.
  — Discover Magazine, 5 Aug. 2022
• Aaron Boone will be back as the New York Yankees skipper.
  — Chris Bumbaca, USA TODAY, 20 Oct. 2021
• Candelario, the back-to-back Tiger of the Year, wrapped his arms around his skipper and embraced him with a hug.
  — Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 13 Mar. 2022
• Here are five things to know about UC's new baseball skipper who will lead them into the Big 12: 1.
  — Scott Springer, The Enquirer, 22 June 2023
• After the ship, named Munin, was built, Kottmeier served as its skipper for its first season.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 May 2022
• The fourth victim, a Russian woman, had been married to the boat’s skipper.
  — Ronen Bergman, New York Times, 1 June 2023
• That year, Jones secured one of his five manager of the year awards in his 18 seasons as a skipper in the minors.
  — Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 6 Jan. 2022
• Each canoe holds roughly eight to 16 people, with a skipper to guide them.
  — Kayla J. Dunn, oregonlive, 2 Aug. 2023
• The officials helped the skipper unload the deer and release it near Nothe Gardens.
  — People Staff, PEOPLE.com, 23 Aug. 2021
• While in New York, manager Craig Counsell set the franchise record with his 564th win as the team’s skipper.
  — Curt Hogg, Journal Sentinel, 20 June 2022
• In other words, a lot like what Melvin’s old skipper did for him once upon a time — and still does today with his Mets.
  — New York Times, 7 June 2022
• Current skipper Scott Servais has been a stable hand in his seventh year on the job.
  — Jesse Yomtov, USA TODAY, 1 Oct. 2022
• Stephen Kelety, the Dolphin’s skipper, ordered the crew to abandon ship.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 May 2022
• Heesen gave one passionate skipper one hell of a Christmas present this year.
  — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 27 Dec. 2023
• Pierce, 59, is entering his sixth season as the Longhorns’ skipper.
  — Nick Moyle, San Antonio Express-News, 27 Jan. 2022
• On Robinson’s second at-bat that ’46 season, the skipper, Clay Hopper, gave him the green light on 3-0 and Robinson drilled a three-run homer.
  — Scott Ostler, San Francisco Chronicle, 15 Apr. 2022
• Bob Melvin, in his first year as Giants skipper, made a new team rule that’s been turning heads on a national scale.
  — Jason Mastrodonato, The Mercury News, 4 Mar. 2024
• Some of the barge skippers cranked up their auxiliary diesels to hurry to the starting line, four miles downriver.
  — William Booth, Washington Post, 24 July 2023
• The body in the carpet The boat skipper at the marina in Bremen, Germany, was the one who chanced upon the grisly bundle in July 2002.
  — Leo Sands, Washington Post, 10 May 2023
• Bunnell hopes to one day become a skipper on the Pinnacle or some other crab boat.
  — Anchorage Daily News, 4 Apr. 2022
• Anna Mounsey is a new skipper on the fishing vessel Syren.
  — Jessie Sheldon, Jack Darrell, Christina McDermott, Corinne Smith, Kdlg News, Anchorage Daily News, 4 Aug. 2023
• Half a dozen years later, and Zsolt is one of five skippers who competed for the Alaska Cup this weekend in Seward.
  — Chris Bieri, Anchorage Daily News, 28 Aug. 2023
• Schumaker, now a manager for the first time, is the 16th skipper in team history.
  — Tim Reynolds, Sun Sentinel, 3 Nov. 2022
• The fact that Hyde even gave Frazier the option to bunt is evidence of the dominance of Baltimore’s closer and the trust his skipper has in him.
  — Jacob Calvin Meyer, Baltimore Sun, 20 July 2023
• His time as Houston's skipper was cut short in January 2020.
  — Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 5 May 2022
• Once on the lifeboat, the institution said, the couple thanked the Irish Coast Guard, the Castletownbere lifeboat crew and the skipper of the local fishing boat for their assistance.
  — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 27 June 2022
• But if the results weren’t enough proof of a turnaround, just ask the players who rallied around their new skipper after the old one allegedly bet on them to lose.
  — Nick Alvarez | [e-mail], al, 11 June 2023
• Not only do superyacht skippers get to travel the world in style, they’re usually paid salaries in the healthy six-figures.
  — Kevin Koenig, Robb Report, 15 July 2023
• After their conversation, Williams appeared to have a good grasp on where the skipper was coming from.
  — Joe Noga, cleveland, 12 July 2023
• His 2,093 regular season managerial wins are tops of any skipper not in the Hall of Fame.
  — David K. Li, NBC News, 6 Nov. 2022

Last Updated: 5 Sep 2024