wooden boat

Example Sentences

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A rickety, leaky wooden boat that brought them from Bangladesh was moored on a lighthouse island not far from the village, he said.

From Washington Times • Dec. 31, 2023

But more than a month later, the wooden boat carrying 101 men and boys was getting blown further and further away from its intended destination.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 18, 2023

I fled to Delhi, then Kuala Lumpur, before taking a wooden boat across the Strait of Malacca.

From BBC • Nov. 3, 2023

The Red Cross, which was helping to treat the migrants, said a wooden boat that arrived on the island of El Hierro marked a record number of arrivals in a single boat.

From Reuters • Oct. 21, 2023

Mr. Woodwell says they been doing it pretty much like this since the first wooden boat was built, and not to worry, it’ll work just fine.

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