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

They also lent their manpower to the Deception Pass Bridge, which opened in 1935 over the protests of Berte Olson, Puget Sound’s first female ferryboat captain, who held rights to the route.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 1, 2022

With the death of his parents in a ferryboat fire, Norwegian author Per Petterson is consumed with the notion of family.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 2, 2022

He no longer worked the ferryboat; his eyes were becoming weak, also his arms and hands, but unchanged and radiant were the happiness and the serene well-being in his face.

From "Siddhartha" by Hermann Hesse