How to Use pontoon in a Sentence

pontoon

noun

• Ray, who is Black, was the only defendant not on the pontoon boat to be charged in the case.
  — Howard Koplowitz | [e-mail], al, 1 Sep. 2023
• Rivera rented a pontoon boat at the lake with Josey on July 8.
  — Joelle Goldstein, PEOPLE.com, 28 Feb. 2022
• The man was swimming near a pontoon off a Château-Royal beach in the capital, Nouméa, when the shark bit him.
  — Harold Maass, The Week, 21 Feb. 2023
• On our first morning, Gobe Mmereki took us out on a pontoon boat.
  — Jeffrey Gettleman, Travel + Leisure, 17 Apr. 2023
• Vehicles would load onto a pontoon, two at a time, when the current wasn’t too strong and the rains not too heavy.
  — Gertrude Kitongo, CNN, 17 Aug. 2022
• Jet skis, pontoon boats, kayaks and fishing poles are available for rent.
  — L'oreal Thompson Payton, Fortune Well, 9 Mar. 2023
• Each swimming area will be marked off with buoys and will include a pontoon to access them.
  — Alison Fox, Travel + Leisure, 31 July 2023
• The boat's co-captain said he was attacked after moving the pontoon boat a few feet to make way for the riverboat.
  — CBS News, 8 Dec. 2023
• The lower deck has three staterooms, each with its own head and shower, with the main suite being on the starboard side, running the full length of the pontoon.
  — Kevin Koenig, Robb Report, 4 Apr. 2023
• Adam Malecki, 36, of Walled Lake had jumped off a pontoon boat with two friends near midnight on Wednesday.
  — Aurora Sousanis, Detroit Free Press, 26 Aug. 2023
• Diners can pull up to the dock for food to go, or rent a pontoon boat stocked with rosé, shrimp salad and other snacks catered by Charly’s.
  — Amanda Yeager, Baltimore Sun, 5 Oct. 2022
• The fighting appeared to follow a riverboat's attempt to dock where a pontoon boat was moored.
  — Dennis Romero, NBC News, 7 Aug. 2023
• The boy and his brothers were on his father's pontoon boat on Lake Annie when the boy fell over the front and was hit by the boat's propeller, the release said.
  — CBS News, 29 Nov. 2022
• Shah and Vaidya were boating on a pontoon Saturday when their group anchored to swim.
  — Cameron Knight, The Enquirer, 18 Apr. 2023
• For aerial views of the Grand Canyon, there’s a helicopter tour that takes travelers from the West Rim to the canyon floor, where a pontoon boat is waiting.
  — Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 20 Nov. 2023
• Guests can take in the eclipse by land or by lake, there are complimentary kayaks, paddle boats, and even a pontoon boat for rent.
  — Nicole Kliest, Vogue, 30 Jan. 2024
• The fight broke out Saturday evening as the Harriott II was trying to dock after a cruise but could not do so because a pontoon boat was in the way.
  — Carol Robinson | [e-mail], al, 11 Aug. 2023
• Rent a pontoon boat for the afternoon or cast a line into the clear waters at the deepest reservoir lake in Georgia.
  — Katie Strasberg Rousso, Southern Living, 7 Aug. 2023
• For 45 minutes, the captain of the Harriott II instructed the pontoon boat via the public announcement system to move out of the way, but to no avail.
  — Remy Tumin, BostonGlobe.com, 10 Aug. 2023
• On a pontoon in the middle of Medina Lake, drought surrounds Rachel Mulherin.
  — Elena Bruess, San Antonio Express-News, 21 Mar. 2022
• Glover said she and her husband, who was at the helm of the pontoon boat towing their son’s inner tube, saw Hubbard racing toward them.
  — Emily St. Martin, Los Angeles Times, 14 July 2023
• And each afternoon, a woman in a swim cap singing like a siren practices her backstroke in the bay while water skiers zig-zag in front of the hotel’s pontoon.
  — Lane Nieset, Travel + Leisure, 12 June 2023
• New amenities include pontoon boat rentals, a concrete boat launch and boat slips, as well as an on-site café and poolside cabanas.
  — Jeffrey Steele, Forbes, 1 Mar. 2024
• Renting an easy-to-steer pontoon, or other boat, at the park’s marina is a pleasant way to explore the water.
  — Mike and Wendy Pramik, cleveland, 7 July 2022
• The following morning, dozens of people gathered on pontoon boats to watch.
  — Tad Friend, The New Yorker, 4 Dec. 2023
• Just picture the Jersey skipper at the pontoon’s helm, cocktail in hand, riding to a rollicking good time on the Cape Coral currents.
  — Shawn Tully, Fortune, 2 July 2022
• While the 45-minute pontoon boat tour weaves through the area’s chain of lakes, soak in the area’s natural beauty and learn fun facts about the area’s famous residents from the late Mr. Rogers to young billionaires.
  — Angela Caraway-Carlton, Miami Herald, 15 May 2024
• Dircks and her family had just returned to the dock after rainy weather cut their pontoon boat trip short when her daughter noticed the plane in the water.
  — CBS News, 21 Nov. 2023
• Such a motor is also a good choice for boats that don’t lend themselves to a foot control motor, such as a pontoon boat or a saltwater bay boat.
  — Mark Hicks, Field & Stream, 13 Mar. 2023
• The sheriff’s ranger helped the pontoon boat, which had beached on rocks beneath the Summerwood neighborhood, officials said.
  — Brooke Baitinger, Idaho Statesman, 29 May 2024

Last Updated: 5 Sep 2024