as in yacht
a boat equipped with one or more sails
we were stuck in the sailboat for an hour until the wind came up and we could move again
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Recent Examples of sailboat
The art form is based on scenes of everyday life: people working in the cities or on ranches, enjoying sailboats or the beach.
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Laylan Connelly, Orange County Register, 12 Dec. 2024
Sip on a crème brûlée martini (vanilla vodka, Frangelico, Bailey’s Irish Cream) and watch sailboats pass under the slowly rising drawbridge.
—Rebecca Deurlein, Southern Living, 25 Nov. 2024
Most summer and fall weekends, my family raced sailboats in different places around the bay.
—The Editors, Outside Online, 25 Dec. 2024
Large sailboats ferrying immigrants from Europe to New York at the turn of the 19th century were replaced by the new technology of steamships within 15 years.
—IEEE Spectrum, 11 Dec. 2024
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Laylan Connelly, Orange County Register, 12 Dec. 2024
Sip on a crème brûlée martini (vanilla vodka, Frangelico, Bailey’s Irish Cream) and watch sailboats pass under the slowly rising drawbridge.
—Rebecca Deurlein, Southern Living, 25 Nov. 2024
Most summer and fall weekends, my family raced sailboats in different places around the bay.
—The Editors, Outside Online, 25 Dec. 2024
Large sailboats ferrying immigrants from Europe to New York at the turn of the 19th century were replaced by the new technology of steamships within 15 years.
—IEEE Spectrum, 11 Dec. 2024
See all Example Sentences for sailboat
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sailboat
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One trend seems to be more compact boats with larger yacht features—such as foldout sides of the cockpit, lounges on the bow, and big for internal light.—
Michael Verdon,
Robb Report,
21 Jan. 2025
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There is a private yacht cruise in Macquarie Harbour, a visit to the Port Arthur penal colony, Australia's most historic site, and the fun of exploring Hobart's Salamanca Market.—
Everett Potter,
Forbes,
20 Jan. 2025
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This includes making investments in submarines and ships; enhancing manufacturing capacity for missiles, artillery, and air defense; and taking steps to leverage and unleash the potential of innovative technologies.—
Jake Sullivan,
TIME,
20 Jan. 2025
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There’s an actual lighthouse atop Lighthouse Point, built in 1901 to warn ships of the rocks and shallows below.—
Mark Gauert,
Sun Sentinel,
20 Jan. 2025
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The Shipwreck Bar is an actual schooner that once belonged to the resort’s original owner.—
Elizabeth Brownfield,
Forbes,
21 Dec. 2024
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The schooner’s South Australian owner escaped conviction on slavery charges because the prosecution didn’t have enough evidence to prove that working conditions at the ship’s destination of Fiji constituted slavery.—
Shoshi Parks,
Smithsonian Magazine,
5 Dec. 2024
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In the Caribbean, wandering yachtsmen on sloops and catamarans know these masts well.—
Joe Sills,
Forbes,
19 Jan. 2025
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To ensure Blackbeard was neutralized, Spotswood gave Robert Maynard, an officer in the Royal Navy, control of 60 men and two sloops—small sailboats that lacked cannons but could pursue Blackbeard in the narrow inlets and shallows of the coast.—
Eli Wizevich,
Smithsonian Magazine,
22 Nov. 2024
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Park the dinghy at Saba Rock for dinner and drinks and experience one of the most iconic watering holes in the Caribbean, a staple since the 1960s.—
Carley Rojas Avila,
Travel + Leisure,
22 Dec. 2024
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Dozens of men and boys who were aboard the overcrowded dinghy jumped into the sea, Doctors Without Borders said.—
Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports,
arkansasonline.com,
30 Nov. 2024
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What To Know On December 22 last year, three frigates and three Coast Guard ships from China transited the Miyako Strait westward from the Philippine Sea to the East China Sea, The Yomiuri Shimbun reported on Wednesday, which cited sources close to the Japanese government.—
Dan Perry,
Newsweek,
2 Jan. 2025
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The Philippine military immediately sent its naval forces to monitor the Ufa, including a frigate armed with missiles and anti-submarine warfare capabilities.—
Josh Hammer,
Newsweek,
2 Dec. 2024
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