How to Use houseboat in a Sentence

houseboat

noun
  • The Haida Bird, a 555-​square-foot houseboat, rides at the end of a dock on Lake Union.
    The Week, 4 Sep. 2022
  • Think of the tour as a sneak peek into life on a houseboat.
    Joan Morris, The Mercury News, 31 Aug. 2019
  • The two were introduced at a party on a houseboat on the Thames in the mid-2000s.
    Annie Lowrey, The Atlantic, 4 June 2021
  • There's the oysters, Pike Place Market, and so, so much water -- the beach, the lake, the houseboat.
    CNN, 14 Feb. 2022
  • But for the right type of history buff, the houseboat may be well worth it.
    Katherine J. Wu, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 Apr. 2020
  • In the summer of 1995, the pair took a five-day houseboat trip to Lake Mead for their honeymoon.
    Nicole Briese, Peoplemag, 27 Jan. 2023
  • The houseboats can sleep up to six people and can be taken out on the water.
    Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 4 Feb. 2024
  • The court ruled 7-to-2 against the city, saying Lozman’s houseboat was more house than boat.
    Robert Barnes, Washington Post, 25 Feb. 2018
  • By then, if nothing changes, she and her houseboat will be gone.
    New York Times, 29 June 2022
  • The city's site notes that many creatives still live in the Sausalito, and tourists frequent the area to see the houseboats.
    Jennifer Aldrich, Better Homes & Gardens, 15 Apr. 2020
  • Regardless of the cost of a floating home, don't call it a houseboat.
    Janet Eastman, OregonLive.com, 31 Mar. 2018
  • The dredges are homemade and clumsy, as big as houseboats.
    Nell Zink, Harper's magazine, 28 Oct. 2019
  • In that scene, Cripps gave the houseboat set a feel of gezelligheid, a Dutch word for coziness and warmth.
    Carolyn Giardina, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 Aug. 2023
  • The rest of the money Piercey and Winton used to buy homes, a houseboat and to pay off other business and loan debts.
    Matthias Gafni, SFChronicle.com, 20 Nov. 2020
  • The boats ranged from 20 to 40 feet long and included houseboats and pontoons.
    Leada Gore | Lgore@al.com, al, 28 Jan. 2020
  • The homes look a bit like oversized floating houseboats.
    NBC News, 9 Apr. 2018
  • One night, when our houseboat was parked next to another, a storm woke us.
    Beverly Beckham, BostonGlobe.com, 10 Nov. 2022
  • Maybe no one will want to go to Manchin's swanky houseboat parties anymore.
    David Faris, The Week, 23 Sep. 2021
  • Lex Schelvis and Annemieke Salomons, in the dining area of the houseboat.
    J.s. Marcus, WSJ, 14 Nov. 2018
  • Salmon and Reaser returned to the houseboat to make sure it was secured tightly to shore.
    Mike Digiovanna, Los Angeles Times, 21 Nov. 2023
  • Man + River was one of the first to explore the remains of what appears to be a yacht, or a houseboat, that seems to have sunk decades ago.
    Monica Cull, Discover Magazine, 19 Oct. 2022
  • Five hours later, an eight-person team stormed the houseboat.
    refinery29.com, 22 Mar. 2018
  • This floating houseboat is nestled in the heart of Lonsdale Quay.
    Megan Honan, Condé Nast Traveler, 21 Sep. 2023
  • All three women know Daniel, the lad who was found brutally stabbed to death on his houseboat.
    Cydney Henderson, USA TODAY, 31 Aug. 2021
  • The first is a snoop named Miriam Lewis, who lives on an adjacent houseboat.
    Washington Post, 29 Aug. 2021
  • This houseboat sleeps four and is close to Elberta and Frankfort.
    Elizabeth Hosang, Detroit Free Press, 4 June 2022
  • The building of Glen Canyon Dam in 1966 tamed the river and created the lake that is a boater’s dream — whether explored by kayak or houseboat.
    Jay Jones, Los Angeles Times, 5 Sep. 2019
  • The family and Moose escaped, right before the flames reached their houseboat.
    Catherine Garcia, The Week, 31 Aug. 2023
  • See more about living on a houseboat, and maybe find your next waterside home, at rightboat.com.
    Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 19 Sep. 2023
  • The rig looks more like a 1960s houseboat or a sci-fi spaceship than a contemporary RV.
    Bloomberg.com, 12 Apr. 2018

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