How to Use longboat in a Sentence

longboat

noun

• In a heavy swell, open longboats came out to take us ashore at Bounty Bay.
  — Stanley Stewart, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 June 2019
• Most of the hunting that goes on here has nothing to do with Spanish galleons or Viking longboats.
  — Alexander Nazaryan, Newsweek, 2 Feb. 2017
• In the Solomon Islands, threatened by a rising ocean, students rowed to protests in longboats.
  — Ishaan Tharoor, Washington Post, 23 Sep. 2019
• Seconds before we were smashed to pieces, the longboat swung 90 degrees starboard and banged against a harbor wall with a mighty jolt while two dock-hands lashed us fast.
  — Stanley Stewart, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 June 2019
• Ride a longboat down the Tiputini River with an indigenous guide, who will help us spot turtles, tapirs, and caimans bobbing at the water’s surface.
  — National Geographic, 10 Sep. 2019
• The trip starts off on a longboat down the Kompong Phluk water village and includes a kayaking excursion around Tonle Sap lake and a trip to a food market to shoot pictures of local delicacies.
  — Shivani Vora, New York Times, 29 Aug. 2017
• The current shoulder silhouettes evoking a Nordic longboat are another deft touch.
  — Nate Davis, USA TODAY, 16 Apr. 2020
• The group was notorious for sailing their longboats into harbors and viciously attacking the people there—stealing all the available loot, taking slaves and killing just about everyone else.
  — Jennifer Billock, Smithsonian, 25 Oct. 2017
• These days oreboats, straight deckers, bulkers, sternenders, self unloaders, longboats and lakeboats deliver 180 million tons of cargo to and from the lakes annually.
  — Porter Fox, New York Times, 19 Aug. 2016
• The accompanying illustration suggests otherwise: A man, eyes closed, is contentedly lying out on a longboat stacked with watermelons, while a dog naps on his chest.
  — James Sturm, New York Times, 12 May 2017

Last Updated: 24 Jul 2024