sloop

Example Sentences

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Marks told Barron’s in 2021 that he owns a Danish-built sloop named Linnea that he had been fixing up for years, and sailed it in the Chesapeake Bay.

From Barron's • Oct. 7, 2025

Rubio’s 32-foot Westsail sloop, Malulani, departed Dec. 28 bound for Kaneohe, Oahu.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 3, 2024

Morford-Haines returned to Seattle from Alaska, bought a 25-foot sloop and taught herself to sail.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 4, 2023

The Aveiro area is home to several kinds of purpose-built boat, most of them in the half-moon sloop style.

From Washington Post • Mar. 18, 2022

I knew right then I was in the sloop of despond.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver