How to Use starboard in a Sentence

starboard

1 of 3 noun

• The ship turned to starboard.
• But the nets stored on deck blocked him from putting the cover on the starboard vent.
  — Anchorage Daily News, 13 Apr. 2018
• There were at least ten whales right off the boat’s starboard.
  — Elizabeth Kolbert, The New Yorker, 4 Sep. 2023
• The boat rolled over, with the starboard hull and the tip of the wingsail in the water and the port hull suspended in the air.
  — Bernie Wilson, ajc, 22 Mar. 2022
• A 6-pound gun is still mounted in a platform at the starboard bow.
  — Washington Post, 13 June 2017
• Reed said the fire was observed off the ship's starboard side and produced black smoke.
  — Fox News, 9 Sep. 2019
• The starboard bow piling in the slip clearly snapped off at the ground level.
  — Ed Killer, USA TODAY, 11 Sep. 2017
• Counter-intuitively, the bow of the boat is at your back, the stern is in front of you, the port is to your right and the starboard to your left.
  — Ted Diadiun, cleveland, 19 Mar. 2022
• Reed said the fire was observed off the ship's starboard side area of the cargo and produced black smoke.
  — Fox News, 8 Sep. 2019
• The wooden planks of a long section of the dock were still tied to the ship and clung and hung down off its starboard in a jumble.
  — al, 25 Sep. 2020
• At the Bahamas, the ship abruptly made a starboard turn and headed south.
  — Alison Sider, WSJ, 6 June 2017
• The wind was out of the southwest, quartering on our starboard bow.
  — John Schandelmeier, Anchorage Daily News, 19 June 2021
• The concrete surrounds all four sides, and the redwood is only on the port and starboard sides.
  — Sean Gallagher, Ars Technica, 26 July 2017
• The starboard pump had been busted for a while, but the port-side machine was working fine.
  — Earl Swift, Outside Online, 20 June 2018
• In the near hour-long stream, huge black plumes of smoke can be seen billowing from the middle of the ship's starboard, or right, side.
  — Morgan Hines, USA TODAY, 12 Mar. 2021
• There is also a VIP stateroom port side and a twin starboard that both come with en suites.
  — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 15 Dec. 2022
• Fish swim lazily past a 6-pound gun mounted in a platform at the starboard bow.
  — CBS News, 13 June 2017
• On the starboard side lies a bar embellished with amethyst and agate, while the port side is home to a hookah room with fold-down down sea terraces.
  — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 18 Aug. 2023
• The force of the collision left multiple punctures in the ship’s starboard hull.
  — Sam Walker, WSJ, 16 Feb. 2019
• The duo created set and furniture pieces made of foam, starboard and two-way glass.
  — Steven Vargas, Los Angeles Times, 27 Sep. 2023
• Fishing in a fjord near Juneau as a dark enormity rolled up from the deep, a humpback 30 feet off starboard.
  — Garrison Keillor, Twin Cities, 21 Apr. 2017
• Elsewhere, the bow is fitted with two large sun pads and a Jacuzzi, while the lower deck starboard side is equipped with a garage for a 15-foot tender.
  — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 5 July 2022
• His son-in-law, known for quick race starts, is steering the boat on starboard tacks while co-helmsman Francesco Bruni is steering from the portside.
  — Diane Bell Columnist, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Feb. 2021
• Bryce Benson, also was in his quarters when the Crystal slammed into the right, or starboard, side of the Fitzgerald.
  — Thomas Gibbons-Neff and Dan Lamothe, chicagotribune.com, 21 June 2017
• There is collision damage at the starboard bow and the stern cabin is missing.
  — Hannah Hernandez, Journal Sentinel, 8 Feb. 2023
• The nebbish and the Croat spent their time drinking caseloads of prosecco and amiably throwing up starboard.
  — Gary Shteyngart, The New Yorker, 18 June 2018
• Melvin said the ship was about 100 yards from the starboard bow of the battleship Missouri, where Japan’s formal surrender took place.
  — Lyndsay Winkley, sandiegouniontribune.com, 11 July 2017
• Soon after, Peterson spied a dark object on the ship’s starboard side.
  — Longreads, 4 May 2023
• Black smoke roiled up from the spaces below, and the big ship began listing heavily to starboard.
  — Jonathan W. Jordan, WSJ, 18 May 2018
• The glass domes, which can comfortably fit up to two people, are located on opposite sides of the aft deck (port and starboard) about 50 feet apart.
  — Stefanie Waldek, Condé Nast Traveler, 29 Jan. 2024

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starboard

2 of 3 adjective

• But there’s 12 on this side, on the starboard side, and 12 on the port side.
  — ABC News, 22 May 2022
• The impact crushed the starboard side of the Fitzgerald.
  — CBS News, 19 June 2017
• The sailors moved to the starboard side, and Meyer sat on the hull, dumbstruck.
  — Sig Christenson, ExpressNews.com, 7 Dec. 2020
• The breach is on the starboard side of the ship, according to Marzello.
  — Hannah Sarisohn, CNN, 14 Apr. 2022
• The team collected cores off the yacht’s bow, starboard side and port side.
  — Katherine Kornei, New York Times, 21 Feb. 2020
• Roy looked starboard, saw the pall of smoke billowing from the F-61's twin-boom tail.
  — James Joseph, Popular Mechanics, 31 Dec. 2020
• The force of the explosion had torn a great hole in the starboard side of the ship and the vessel was already commencing to list.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 July 2019
• With Jason at the helm, Ed out on deck, the Henrietta C. swung wide and put its starboard side to the wind.
  — Earl Swift, Outside Online, 20 June 2018
• On the starboard side of the Launch Out, a flock of gannets follows the boat in a cacophony of greedy cackles.
  — Matthew Bremner, Slate Magazine, 24 July 2017
• The vessel can store two tenders and features a large crane under the deck on the starboard side to help with launching.
  — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 28 Feb. 2022
• Six more are protruding from the starboard side and three containers are hanging from the port side of the ship.
  — Fox News, 26 May 2020
• On the morning of the attack, Meyer had come off watch and fallen into a deep sleep in his rack on the Utah’s starboard side.
  — Sig Christenson, ExpressNews.com, 7 Dec. 2020
• CNN reports the ships collided on Fitzgerald's starboard side, next to the berthing area where sailors sleep.
  — Kaylee Remington, cleveland.com, 24 June 2017
• The two ships can be seen tethered together by mooring lines while a crane is deployed on the starboard side of the tanker.
  — Fox News, 3 Oct. 2019
• The collision punched a hole in the starboard side of the Liman's hull, causing the ship to sink about three hours after the accident.
  — Jay Bennett, Popular Mechanics, 27 Apr. 2017
• The two ships collided on the Fitzgerald's starboard side directly next to the berthing area, where sailors sleep.
  — Daniella Diaz, CNN, 13 July 2017
• Young then reached his right hand into the water and guided the boys arms onto the starboard gunnel.
  — Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 29 June 2021
• His port and his starboard arms and legs work in tandem, one side dipping slightly to allow the other a brush of air.
  — Chicago Tribune, chicagotribune.com, 2 June 2018
• This already is a ripping yarn all over the starboard side of the blogosphere.
  — Charles P. Pierce, Esquire, 10 Oct. 2017
• The winter sun is still low, and the shards of light come in sideways on the starboard side, showing every speck of dust and the crud coating the patio windows.
  — Chris Erskine, latimes.com, 2 Mar. 2018
• In that case, the Porter’s captain, attempted to cross left ahead of the tanker to avoid a head-on collision, but was not able to do so in time to avoid a blow to the starboard side.
  — Dan Lamothe, Washington Post, 19 June 2017
• The collision killed seven sailors and heavily damaged the starboard side of the ship.
  — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 15 June 2020
• If there were a second drafting airplane, its ideal placement would be on the starboard side, about 6000 feet from the lead.
  — Joe Pappalardo, Popular Mechanics, 17 July 2013
• The helicopter then rolled off the right or starboard side of the deck and plunged into the sea with six sailors on board — two pilots, two aircrew and two corpsmen.
  — Andrew Dyer, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 May 2022
• The fleet said the Fitzgerald has limited propulsion, and the ship suffered damage on the starboard side below the water line.
  — Jonece Starr Dunigan, AL.com, 16 June 2017
• Save us a spot in the observation lounge—or maybe at that on-board whiskey bar, on the starboard side of deck eight, where the views of craggy shores and cerulean glaciers are sure to be amazing.
  — Paul Brady, Condé Nast Traveler, 19 Apr. 2018
• The tender garage, with space for a Williams 445 tender, Jet Ski and two Seabobs, comes with independent access on the starboard side.
  — Michael Verdon, Robb Report, 15 Mar. 2021
• Photos from Iranian news agencies showed a fire burning on the starboard side of the Front Altair.
  — The Economist, 13 June 2019
• As the Eliza Anderson bobbed in the waves, a small canoe improbably appeared off the starboard side, 30 miles from land, and in the middle of the massive storm.
  — David Reamer, Anchorage Daily News, 15 May 2022
• The ship has two aircraft elevators on the starboard side, fore and aft of the island superstructure.
  — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 15 June 2022

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starboard

3 of 3 verb

• Sponsons made of rigid foam plastic, and affixed to port and starboard sides of the craft, kept it afloat.
  — Eric Adler, The Seattle Times, 30 July 2018
• Then, at 6:12, the bow abruptly swung hard to starboard, pointing the boat almost due east.
  — Outside Online, 17 Apr. 2018
• Thirty feet to starboard, a humpback is pounding out a message on the surface of the ocean.
  — Darrell Hartman, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Aug. 2021
• Part of the Titanic’s starboard side hull, the largest artifact recovered from the ship to date, is on display.
  — Kim Windyka, Daily Intelligencer, 16 June 2018
• There, off to starboard and headed straight at you on collision course, hurtles a jet fighter.
  — James Joseph, Popular Mechanics, 31 Dec. 2020
• The boat began listing heavily to starboard, broke free of her moorings and then settled on the creek bottom.
  — Frank Witsil, Detroit Free Press, 15 Mar. 2021
• While Nickerson’s boat is listing to starboard, the design has kept it from falling onto its side the way a boat with a single keel would have.
  — al, 3 June 2020
• There is another sliding door and drop-down balcony to starboard.
  — Richard Alban, Robb Report, 17 Sep. 2021
• Initial reports from the local salvage team state that the vessel had sunk at around 9 a.m. local time, having suffered a list to starboard.
  — Laura Sky Brown, Car and Driver, 1 Mar. 2022
• The craft’s starboard bow had collapsed, spilling people overboard and slowly filling the vessel with water.
  — Hereward Holland, National Geographic, 12 Sep. 2016
• The craft’s starboard bow had collapsed, spilling people overboard and slowly filling the vessel with water.
  — Hereward Holland, National Geographic, 12 Sep. 2016
• Green has two Millenium Marine bracket rod holders fitted to his boat deck—one slightly to port and one slightly to starboard just aft of his bow sonar.
  — : Bob McNally, Field & Stream, 7 May 2020
• Tennant told investigators the ship started leaning in a turn and started to over-rotate to starboard.
  — Natasha Chen, CNN, 22 Sep. 2020
• Sponsons made of rigid foam plastic, and affixed to port and starboard sides of the craft, kept it afloat.
  — Eric Adler, The Seattle Times, 30 July 2018
• Then, at 6:12, the bow abruptly swung hard to starboard, pointing the boat almost due east.
  — Outside Online, 17 Apr. 2018
• Thirty feet to starboard, a humpback is pounding out a message on the surface of the ocean.
  — Darrell Hartman, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Aug. 2021
• Part of the Titanic’s starboard side hull, the largest artifact recovered from the ship to date, is on display.
  — Kim Windyka, Daily Intelligencer, 16 June 2018
• There, off to starboard and headed straight at you on collision course, hurtles a jet fighter.
  — James Joseph, Popular Mechanics, 31 Dec. 2020
• The boat began listing heavily to starboard, broke free of her moorings and then settled on the creek bottom.
  — Frank Witsil, Detroit Free Press, 15 Mar. 2021
• While Nickerson’s boat is listing to starboard, the design has kept it from falling onto its side the way a boat with a single keel would have.
  — al, 3 June 2020
• There is another sliding door and drop-down balcony to starboard.
  — Richard Alban, Robb Report, 17 Sep. 2021
• Initial reports from the local salvage team state that the vessel had sunk at around 9 a.m. local time, having suffered a list to starboard.
  — Laura Sky Brown, Car and Driver, 1 Mar. 2022
• The craft’s starboard bow had collapsed, spilling people overboard and slowly filling the vessel with water.
  — Hereward Holland, National Geographic, 12 Sep. 2016
• The craft’s starboard bow had collapsed, spilling people overboard and slowly filling the vessel with water.
  — Hereward Holland, National Geographic, 12 Sep. 2016
• Green has two Millenium Marine bracket rod holders fitted to his boat deck—one slightly to port and one slightly to starboard just aft of his bow sonar.
  — : Bob McNally, Field & Stream, 7 May 2020
• Tennant told investigators the ship started leaning in a turn and started to over-rotate to starboard.
  — Natasha Chen, CNN, 22 Sep. 2020
• Sponsons made of rigid foam plastic, and affixed to port and starboard sides of the craft, kept it afloat.
  — Eric Adler, The Seattle Times, 30 July 2018
• Then, at 6:12, the bow abruptly swung hard to starboard, pointing the boat almost due east.
  — Outside Online, 17 Apr. 2018
• Thirty feet to starboard, a humpback is pounding out a message on the surface of the ocean.
  — Darrell Hartman, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Aug. 2021
• Part of the Titanic’s starboard side hull, the largest artifact recovered from the ship to date, is on display.
  — Kim Windyka, Daily Intelligencer, 16 June 2018

Last Updated: 5 Sep 2024