tall ship
Example Sentences
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Memoir ‘All Hands on Deck’ recalls the voyage of a tall ship from Rhode Island to San Diego, where it became the HMS Surprise in the movie ‘Master and Commander.’
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2023
Instead of arriving overland, the symbolic flame alighting the 2024 Paris Games will take to the seas from its birthplace in Greece, arriving aboard a three-masted tall ship in the French port of Marseille.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 3, 2023
The famous landmark was scheduled to open this afternoon to allow a large wooden tall ship through, but it appears to have become jammed in place.
From BBC • Aug. 9, 2021
In keeping with the nautical theme, please enjoy Bill Belichick’s tall ship commemorative plate.
From Slate • Apr. 23, 2020
“What are ye, bearers of armor, dressed in mail-coats, that have thus come riding your tall ship over the sea- road, winter-cold ocean, here to Daneland?”
From "Grendel" by John Gardner
