sailboat

Example Sentences

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Vaughan had been on the boat with her husband and two children, aged 12 and eight, and had been sunbathing when the motorboat crashed into a sailboat carrying party-goers.

From Barron's • Nov. 21, 2025

A pilot friend who is crossing the Atlantic from the Canary Islands in a sailboat this month called cruise ships a “floating petri dish.‘

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 19, 2025

On the front of the postcard you can see our workboat Nemo and our sailboat Fonn, where we live.

From BBC • Jun. 20, 2025

Someone on the sailboat alerted the Coast Guard to their disappearance around 8 p.m.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 16, 2025

Eventually, they purchased the townhouse on the bay and the sailboat.

From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer