How to Use floating dock in a Sentence

floating dock

noun
  • All but one of the girls made it off the floating dock and onto the shore.
    Hojun Choi, Dallas News, 14 Sep. 2023
  • Put in a kayak at the floating dock near the Illinois Ave.
    Travel Wisconsin, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 14 July 2019
  • Paul Spadaro grabbed the line to pull in his floating dock last weekend and stopped.
    Tim Prudente, baltimoresun.com, 11 July 2018
  • Between trips, the sub can be recharged and restocked in a port or floating dock.
    Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 12 May 2022
  • Access to the floating dock beyond is through the living room.
    Joan Morris, The Mercury News, 31 Aug. 2019
  • In a YouTube video shared by the yard, the behemoth can be seen segueing from the floating dock to the Kaiserhaven basin with the help of two tug boats.
    Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 1 Mar. 2021
  • The boat took us across the great bay, past stilted huts, floating docks and flooded forest.
    Smithsonian, 17 Dec. 2019
  • Those who get a board will paddle out to a floating dock where the puzzle pieces are anchored.
    Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com, 8 June 2022
  • Four submerged sailboats and a floating dock in the turning basin.
    Mimi Whitefield, miamiherald, 12 Sep. 2017
  • The Flyer sits on a floating dock, which serves as a helipad.
    Dan Neil, WSJ, 12 Sep. 2018
  • Lake Eola’s fancy new floating dock for swan boats was wrenched from its pilings and tossed to the bank under a tree canopy.
    Kevin Spear, Orlando Sentinel, 2 Oct. 2022
  • For those without boats, Lighthouse Point already has a floating dock bar, Drift Bar, that’s open for the season.
    Amanda Yeager, Baltimore Sun, 2 Aug. 2023
  • Police said that the two teenagers were trying to swim to a floating dock across from the Woodridge Association beach.
    Jessika Harkay, courant.com, 12 Aug. 2021
  • The piers could stay, and users could restrict access to floating docks, so long as the remainder of the piers were accessible to the public.
    San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Aug. 2019
  • The Baton Rouge location is in Perilloux's yard, where floating docks hold scores of pots with their bases in a half-acre pond.
    Janet McConnaughey, Fox News, 10 May 2018
  • Visitors also come for the Dungeness crabs, clam chowders served in sourdough bread bowls, the sea lions that lounge on the floating docks and the shops on Pier 39.
    CBS News, 25 May 2020
  • Twenty-seven of the boat slips will be on floating docks and have water and electricity hookups.
    Bob Warren, NOLA.com, 29 Mar. 2018
  • In addition to the sauna, the floating dock also has plenty of space to sit outside between sauna sessions and enjoy the wilderness.
    Andrea Romano, Travel + Leisure, 6 Aug. 2020
  • Visitors come for the Dungeness crabs, clam chowders served in sourdough bread bowls, the sea lions that hang out on the floating docks and shops and curiosities on Pier 39.
    Daisy Nguyen, USA TODAY, 24 May 2020
  • Upon arrival, we were escorted to a lagoon, outfitted with life vests and led to a floating dock.
    Anne Calcagno, chicagotribune.com, 22 Dec. 2017
  • The 31-acre lake offers an extensive floating dock system that allows anglers to cast a line from the dock in water more than 20 feet deep, Stencil said.
    Michigan Wildlife Council, Detroit Free Press, 13 Dec. 2017
  • Tell me all about it: This fabulous five-bedroom home sits on Gardens Lagoon and features floating docks and three private boat slips.
    Shannon Rooney, Philly.com, 9 July 2018
  • Barrels have been found before in Wallowa Lake, rusty leftovers from a time when empty drums were used as floats or filled with rocks or cement to anchor floating docks.
    oregonlive.com, 18 June 2019
  • The relatively shallow waters are good for small-fry swimming, while the big kids like jumping from the floating dock anchored offshore.
    BostonGlobe.com, 2 May 2018
  • Kuznetsov has broken down at sea, suffered an electrical fire that killed one crewman, caught fire in drydock, and lost its drydock when the floating dock PD-50 abruptly sank.
    Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 10 Jan. 2022
  • Naturally, the grounds include a boathouse, floating dock, and an outdoor party deck for entertaining to take those epic coastal views.
    Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 27 Apr. 2023
  • The lodge consists of two barges connected by a network of floating docks, including one that operates as a helipad.
    Melanie Kirkpatrick, WSJ, 9 Aug. 2018
  • The floating dock will be anchored to an old timber loading dock that today sees only a handful of ships a year through a private logging company, project officials said.
    Alex Demarban, Anchorage Daily News, 7 June 2022
  • The final design, unveiled Tuesday night, positions the new terminal closer to the river than the old, leading to two 100-foot-long covered gangways attached to a two-port floating dock.
    Beau Evans, NOLA.com, 13 Dec. 2017
  • Think swimming pools, trampolines, treehouses, playground equipment, archery ranges, homemade ice rinks or skate parks, a waterfront floating dock with a slide or even a serene koi pond.
    Washington Post, 11 May 2021

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