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
• Stay: Lodge at the Floating B&B, a pair of off-grid houseboats.
  — Ashlea Halpern, WIRED, 24 May 2017
• 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
• Living for a couple of years on a houseboat off the smog-laden Newark, N.J., shore didn’t help.
  — Melissa Pandika, Discover Magazine, 22 July 2015
• 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
• Bourne said Reineck had been trying to sell the houseboat for some time.
  — By Frances Robles, John Lantigua and Martin Merzer, miamiherald, 2 July 2017
• The dredges are homemade and clumsy, as big as houseboats.
  — Nell Zink, Harper's magazine, 28 Oct. 2019
• So far, no one has made efforts to remove the 1946-built houseboat.
  — Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 12 June 2017
• At this point nobody's seen Cunanan in -- on the houseboat?
  — CBS News, 20 May 2017
• 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
• Here are nine of the best houseboat vacations around the country.
  — Terry Ward, Travel + Leisure, 21 June 2024
• 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 | [e-mail], al, 28 Jan. 2020
• The homes look a bit like oversized floating houseboats.
  — NBC News, 9 Apr. 2018
• Most days, Daniel and Ken meet home for lunch, the same house where Daniel and his three younger sisters grew up, the houseboat up on blocks in the driveway.
  — Mike Sager, Esquire, 25 Feb. 2015
• 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
• The remaining 16 patients were treated and released at the houseboat, the park service said.
  — Rey Covarrubias Jr., The Arizona Republic, 18 July 2024
• The city cracked down on houseboats and apartments with questionable plumbing, which were dumping sewage straight into The Seine.
  — Morgan Meaker, WIRED, 17 July 2024

Last Updated: 19 Dec 2024