How to Use landlubber in a Sentence

landlubber

noun

• But how did scores of avian landlubbers find their way to such salty doom?
  — Joel Sartore, National Geographic, 21 May 2019
• The shark that guards the entrance to the store, with its jaws open wide, is pretty much destined to be a landlubber.
  — Will Nevin, AL.com, 10 Oct. 2017
• Most humans are landlubbers, after all—though many of our foods and jobs are tied to seaborne economies.
  — National Geographic, 24 Apr. 2019
• Like a Pirate Day and in past years gave away a free piece of fish to landlubbers willing to talk like a pirate.
  — William Cummings, USA TODAY, 18 Sep. 2017
• Some on board had spent decades at sea; others were landlubbers.
  — Ben Taub, The New Yorker, 10 May 2020
• Bearman says there will be a burger, salads and some other items for landlubbers.
  — Michael Mayo, sun-sentinel.com, 15 Oct. 2019
• There are soups, salads, cold and hot plates, a raw bar, fresh fish, sushi, sashimi and nigiri and a few plated entrees of chicken, beef, pork and duck for landlubbers.
  — Pam Kragen, sandiegouniontribune.com, 22 June 2017
• But Eight Bells is a popular venue for sailors transitioning from the open sea to landlubber status.
  — Andy Perdue, The Seattle Times, 19 Apr. 2017
• To me, this ship has a history and a story in its own right,’’ 32-year-old Don Heminitz said the other day while at work on the mizzen shrouds, which to a landlubber like me are ropes that help support the masts.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 30 Oct. 2019
• For landlubbers, though, the attraction of the minuscule spot has always been subdued.
  — Stephen C. George, Discover Magazine, 22 May 2023
• Many rivers flow through or beside remote country that rarely sees landlubber turkey hunters.
  — Jim Spencer, Outdoor Life, 4 May 2020
• But folks on a landlubber diet have plenty of meat choices, including quail, steak, and chicken.
  — Birmingham Magazine, al.com, 11 June 2019
• Captain Slick and his grimy band of pirates took control of the tall ship California on Sunday, forcing the crew of roughly 40 landlubbers — those not skilled at sea — to swab the deck or face walking the plank.
  — Phillip Molnar, sandiegouniontribune.com, 20 May 2018
• Rhys Darby stars as the landlubber Bonnet, and the show (premiering in March) follows his naïve first forays into piracy.
  — Devan Coggan, EW.com, 18 Jan. 2022
• But when a sailing watch is beautiful, any landlubber with an eye for design will simply appreciate the cut of its jib.
  — Troy Patterson, Bloomberg.com, 12 May 2017
• In March, the company started offering its first landlubber tours of downtown Mobile on its new fleet of Gotcha scooters.
  — Michelle Matthews | [e-mail], al, 17 Aug. 2020
• Sometimes, retreating to the dryness and security of a landlubber's lab is the best way to understand what's happening on a planet far, far away.
  — Discover Magazine, 14 Mar. 2012
• This is an impressive beauty haven even by landlubber standards.
  — Sloane Crosley, Vogue, 12 Mar. 2019
• But Brandt, Prendini and Wendruff are all hesitant to dub Parioscorpio a pure landlubber like the more recent members of its lineage.
  — Katherine J. Wu, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 Jan. 2020
• Jennifer Lamb and Matt Davis Amphibians are half-landlubbers, half water-babies.
  — Joanna Klein, New York Times, 27 Feb. 2020
• Comparing genomes of close relatives is one way to track down when landlubber traits evolved, but only since 2012 have researchers considered these algae, part of the class Zygnematophyceae, to be the closest to land plants.
  — Elizabeth Pennisi, Science | AAAS, 14 Nov. 2019
• Also new this year is the Da Poke Man Express truck serving up fresh and flavorful poke including ahi, crab, mussels and shrimp along with a few landlubber options like a teriyaki burger and musubi.
  — Anchorage Daily News, 6 June 2019
• The five-mile beach is ideal for snorkeling, while there are activities like horseback riding and hiking for landlubbers.
  — Condé Nast Traveler, 20 Oct. 2017
• The bay can appear like a playground for the wealthy to landlubbers gazing out at those tipsy faraway white triangles sailing past Alcatraz Island.
  — Julie Johnson, San Francisco Chronicle, 15 Apr. 2023
• Equipped with some bookkeeping skills, a little English and an enthusiasm for gossip, Khalifa gets a job as a clerk for a local merchant, a kind of landlubber pirate who plays both sides of German rule.
  — Ron Charles, Washington Post, 23 Aug. 2022
• In real life, their landlubber neighbors considered the houseboats an unsightly infringement on property values, and most were gone by the 1960s.
  — Ron Grossman, chicagotribune.com, 17 Aug. 2021
• With winds gusting up to 50 mph in spots throughout Southern California on Tuesday, March 28, anyone heading to the beach or out on the water should stay alert, officials said, but landlubbers don’t have much to fear besides trash cans tipping over.
  — Jonathan Winslow, Orange County Register, 28 Mar. 2017
• Dinosaurs are considered, after all, to be complete landlubbers.
  — Katherine J. Wu, Smithsonian Magazine, 30 Apr. 2020
• All of this wrapped up in an easily attainable, affordable price to attract landlubbers – who can be of any age, but largely millennials, families, singles and couples.
  — Lydia Schrandt, USA TODAY, 2 Apr. 2018
• The Communists immediately commenced swimming lessons for their landlubber troops, using streams and irrigation canals throughout the southeast provinces of Chekiang and Fukien as their training grounds (4).
  — Rebecca Kreston, Discover Magazine, 1 Oct. 2014

Last Updated: 11 Nov 2024