skiff

Example Sentences

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When they finally located the skiff, they flashed a light on the passengers to make sure they weren’t armed.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 12, 2025

Stern approached the agreed-on pickup point on a 31-foot center console boat—bigger than Machado’s skiff but still vulnerable on treacherous open seas.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 12, 2025

The first sailing medals of the Games will be awarded in the skiff class.

From BBC • Jul. 24, 2024

They departed on Easter Sunday for Pikelot Atoll, about 115 miles away, in a traditional 20-foot skiff with an outboard motor, the Coast Guard added.

From BBC • Apr. 11, 2024

How’d the skiff get so heavy all of a sudden?

From "The Young Man and the Sea" by Rodman Philbrick