gangway

Example Sentences

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On a good day, Temple would take the gangway that connected rig to helipad and meet them there.

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

We’re in our spot next to the wide gangway, standing among the traders and workmen and a pack of youthful Japanese, everyone waiting for the launch and the black billows of diesel.

From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee