gangway

Example Sentences

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Without glancing back, he took the gangway up to the helipad.

From Slate • Dec. 16, 2023

Other reports said that, while the barge had three fire exits, one was not operational because it was at the end of a gangway that had been deemed too steep to be safely used.

From BBC • Aug. 28, 2023

Gump, the main character from the movie, was on a cross-country run when he jogged down a wooden gangway to the lighthouse, signaling he’d reached the East Coast.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 2, 2023

On Wednesday morning one crewman carried an umbrella up the gangway that the migrants unsteadily walked down last week, some of them met by stretchers and health workers with foil blankets.

From New York Times • Jun. 21, 2023

She’d presented this passport along with her boarding card at the top of the Giulia's gangway.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides