gangplank

Example Sentences

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Jack said he watched me until my feet disappeared over the gangplank …

From Seattle Times • Dec. 7, 2023

Since the pandemic began, the crowds that Mr. Ng once jostled to squeeze onto the ferry gangplank are gone.

From New York Times • Apr. 19, 2022

As the Canberra repatriated the PoWs to Puerto Madryn - the Welsh-speaking enclave of Argentina - in July 1982, a Navy photographer captured Irfon and Giorgio sharing a heartfelt goodbye handshake on the gangplank.

From BBC • Jan. 2, 2022

In a way, Harry and Meghan have done them a favor by jumping ship, rather than being asked to walk the gangplank.

From Salon • Nov. 4, 2021

With money from a part-time job in Brooksville, he bought materials for landscaping and for constructing a fish pond across from the gangplank.

From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French