pleasure craft
Example Sentences
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During the nine-day evacuation, military, transport, fishing and service vessels, as well as pleasure craft, were used to carry soldiers, with ships flying British, French, Belgian, Dutch, Polish, Danish, Norwegian and Swedish flags.
From BBC • Sep. 20, 2023
The four men did not resurface after diving from a pleasure craft named Big Bill’s.
From Seattle Times • Aug. 14, 2023
They had been aboard a pleasure craft, along with 19 other people, when it was hit by a fierce storm on Lake Maggiore on Sunday evening and swiftly sank.
From Reuters • May 31, 2023
The winds and seas were rough, and Mr. Wiley fell from the 23-foot pleasure craft into the Chesapeake Bay.
From New York Times • May 19, 2021
What I didn't know is that the East River was closed to pleasure craft traffic, which is why we were being waved away.
From "Hole in My Life" by Jack Gantos
