packet boat
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
The grueling trip will require enduring three tedious weeks of crude travel conditions via coal-fueled locomotive, mule-drawn Erie Canal packet boat, steamship and wagon train.
From Washington Post • Apr. 5, 2023
But if I hadn’t kept a close eye on our son, he would have ended up on a packet boat to New Guinea.
From New York Times • Mar. 28, 2012
Maggie, Kate, Leah, Mother, and Calvin traveled by packet boat over 200 miles east to Albany, the capital city of New York State.
From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock
She, Lizzie, and two female friends boarded a nighttime Erie Canal packet boat.
From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock
The twin vessels next sailed for the island of Gallo, capturing by the way a packet boat from Lima, fishing up the letters, which the Spaniards had thrown overboard attached to a buoy.
From The Monarchs of the Main, Volume II (of 3) Or, Adventures of the Buccaneers by Thornbury, Walter
