ferryboat

Example Sentences

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Beset by financial hardship, in part because of a devastating injury in a ferryboat accident, Meucci was unable to afford the $10 fee to renew his caveat, which as a result expired.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 12, 2026

Mr. Erdogan, 70, grew up in Istanbul, where his father worked as a ferryboat captain.

From New York Times • Mar. 31, 2024

The ferryboat Julia B., derisively dubbed the “flagship” of the “Arizona Navy” by a Times war correspondent assigned to cover the skirmish, promptly ran aground on a sandbar.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 8, 2023

One of mine came in 1988, when I helped lead a Southwest Seattle Historical Society cruise to celebrate the first voyage of the City of Seattle, the first ferryboat on Puget Sound.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 25, 2022

The ferryboat began its daily journeys from Smith's landing back and forth to the opposite shore.

From "The Witch of Blackbird Pond" by Elizabeth George Speare